Walt Disney World’s Epcot Center in Florida will host the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival from Sept. 28 to Nov. 11, which will feature Oklahoma and Route 66 diner foods, according to the Journal Record, based in Oklahoma.
The festival showcases no less than 25 international marketplaces featuring tapas-sized portions of regional specialty foods from countries around the globe, including China, Italy and France, along with recommended beers and wines.
Oklahoma will be the first state to have its own experience marketplace. Native American cuisine will be provided by Kurt Fleischfresser, chef of Oklahoma City’s Coach House restaurant, while Bill Newsome will provide authentic chuck wagon fare, said state Secretary of Commerce and Tourism Natalie Shirley. The selection process is still under way to choose a chef to provide Route 66 diner foods.
Here’s the festival’s Web site, which is still under construction.