By Elena Garcia
Tour Ambassador
We had a fantastic Taste History Culinary Tour on Saturday, March 16, 2013 where we had
the opportunity to stroll Atlantic Avenue’s famous St Patrick’s parade! Weather
was fantastic and Downtown Delray Beach could not look more Irish!! As our bus
made its way to Delray Beach, we traveled back in time to learn about the
indigenous populations of this land the Spaniards named Florida. In the historic
West Settlers’s neighborhood, we learned about the black pioneers that
contributed so much to the establishment of Delray Beach. A very multicultural
Culinary Tour where we experienced food and heard history about Germany, Jamaica,
France, the Moorish in Spain, the Arabs in Italy. As always, a walk through the
gardens at the historic Sundy house is an enchanting experience. In addition to
the tastings and its history, we visited a the “Art House of Delray” dedicated
to promoting local and new art. Great time, great food, great history….. and
more to come.
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St. Patrick's Day Parade in Downtown Delray Beach on March 16th honored Firefighters. Taste History was right in the heart of the revelry.
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The Taste History Culinary Tour walked right along the parade route for St. Patty's Day in Downtown Delray Beach, Florida
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A funny thing happened along the St. Patty's Day parade route in Downtown Delray Beach...Taste History bumped into the Sun-Sentinel's famed Fashion Guy, Rod Hagwood, who was looking dapper.
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Tour and Museum Director Lori Durante introducing the
Soul Cuisine at Donnie’s Southern Restaurant in the West Settler’s neighborhood
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Elena, Taste History Tour Ambassador in the garden at the Sundy House in Delray Beach
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| Taste History on a tour of the Taru Gardens at the Sundy House restaurant in Delray Beach |
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At the historic Sundy House. Barbara, who is familiar with most of the rich
varieties of fruits, flowers and vegetables at Sundy house delighted use with a
tour of their gardens prior to have a delicious testing where herbs from the
garden where used.
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French owner Herve behind a delicious group of varied French pastries at Le Macaron where we sampled the macaron.
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| Taste History at Le Macaron French pastry shop in Downtown Delray Beach, Florida |
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| Michelle of the Art House in Delray Beach greeted Taste History |
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Our group entering the Art House of Delray, home of Shea’s bakery where we
enjoyed delicious and freshly baked cupcakes.
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| Cupcakes in honor of St. Patty's Day by Shea's Bakery at the Art House of Delray Beach
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Jerk
Cuisine
Jerk
Cuisine originates in Jamaica and it is part of the cultural heritage from the
indigenous populations of the island. The Arawak Indians
had
a similar style of preserving and preparing food. In the 1700’s, the
Maroons or fugitive slaves used a similar technique again to preserve and
prepare their food. This evolved into the modern Jerk cuisine. Jerk refers to a
way to marinate and cook meats or vegetables. The marinade consists of a paste
including a variety of seasons but must have ingredients are the allspice
pimento and the Scotch bonnet pepper. The latter is one the hottest chili
peppers. To jerk the meat is basically to poke it so the marinade
penetrates deeper into. It is then slowly smoked over pimento wood. Like Bun
Bun, many restaurants make their own jerk sauce
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Semolina bread, stuffed semolina bread and Provolone cheese at the Sicilian
bakery Palermo in Boynton Beach was the finale tasting for our culinary tour on Saturday
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Pastry Chef Ann (right/standing) of Palermo's Bakery welcomed the Taste History Culinary Tour guests who were treated to Stuffed Semolina, Stromboli and St. Joseph's pastry
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Zeppole (aka St. Joseph's pastry) is a pastry created to celebrate the Festival of Saint Joseph held on March 19th each year. The pastry evolved in Sicily, Italy
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Click here for private group tour information.
Click here for Macy'sTo purchase tickets on-line for the Taste History Culinary Tour of Historic Palm Beach County, visit tastehistoryculinarytours.org or call 561-243-2662 or 561-638-8277. Pre-payment is required. The Taste History Culinary Tours are open to the general public on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Saturdays of each month. Private group tours are also available.
Due to the exceeding popularity of the non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County, the first seven-months sold-out. To meet the demand for the culinary tours, more dates have been added with the tours being expanded to consist of food samplings in historic Lake Worth including Lantana in Palm Beach County, Florida. Therefore, the tours are held at 11am year-round on the second, third and fourth Saturdays of each month, plus private group tours are offered. The Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Delray Beach & Boynton Beach, Florida is offered on the third and fourth Saturdays of each month. And, Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Lake Worth & Lantana is held on the second Saturday of each month, year-round, effective April 14, 2012.
The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County includes family-owned and locally-operated eateries, markets and urban farms in historic Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth and Lantana plus exclusive discounts at Macy’s are provided specifically for the guests on the Taste History Culinary Tour. The Taste History Culinary Tours are the first food tours of its style in Palm Beach County and are conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) which is a non-profit 501c3 organization. These food tours include a live guide and are 4-hours with a combination of bus riding and 4 to 6 blocks of walking tour with visits to at least 3 to 4 restaurants/eateries/cultural sites for cuisine tastings along with visiting historic districts, buildings and art galleries. There are now more 30 restaurant/food partners for the culinary tour that are visited on a rotating alternate schedule which means different eateries are visited each tour. Private group tours are also available.
The culinary tours are small-format with the average capacity for the tours being 15 to 20 people. The tour cannot accommodate dietary restrictions.
Taste History is sponsored, in part, by Macy's which is famous for its culinary tools department; the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund and the Boris & Edith Rueger Fund. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.
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Upcoming culinary tour 2013 dates (culinary tours are held year-round and tours are offered to the general public. Pre-payment required)
Upcoming culinary tour 2013 dates (culinary tours are held year-round and tours are offered to the general public. Pre-payment required)
Year 2013
All tours start at 11am
All tours start at 11am
January 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, January 26, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
February 2013
Saturday, February 16, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
March 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, March 23, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
April 2013
Saturday, April 13, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, April 20, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, April 27, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
May 2013
Saturday, May 11, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, May 18, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, May 25, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
June 2013
Saturday, June 8, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, June 15, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, June 22, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
July 2013
Saturday, July 13, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, July 20, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, July 27, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
August 2013
August 2013
Saturday, August 10, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, August 17, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, August 24, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
September 2013
Saturday, September 14, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, September 21, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, September 28, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
October 2013
Saturday, October 12, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, October 19, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, October 26, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
November 2013
Saturday, November 9, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, November 16, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, November 16, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, November 23, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
December 2013
Saturday, December 14, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, December 21, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, December 28, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Tours are offered year-round.
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