A beloved annual culinary festival is back in Palm Beach County, bringing food lovers together to support people recovering from addiction.

Some of the county's top chefs and just under a dozen restaurants are participating in the seventh annual Taste of Recovery festival in Delray Beach.

Restaurants like Elizabetta’s, City Oyster, Louie Bossi will compete for the “Best Bite” award, given by prominent local food writers.

The festival benefits the Crossroads Club , a non-profit organization in Delray Beach that helps people recover from substance abuse, with proceeds benefiting those on the road to recovery.

Most of the overdose deaths in Palm Beach County are attributed to fentanyl-laced drugs — synthetic opioids that are up to 50 times more potent than heroin.

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