Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Taste History Culinary Tour on November 21st highlighted Turkish food in Delray Beach and also a first time trip to Boynton Beach Neighborhood of the Art District. Check out the Photos!


Chef Numan Unsal of Sefa Mediterranean Grill in Pineapple Grove Arts District of Downtown Delray Beach, Florida. Sefa was visited for the Taste History Culinary Tour of Historic Delray Beach & Boynton Beach, Florida

The non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History's Taste History Culinary Tour on November 21, 2011 hosted a cultural group from the Vizcaya community.  The tour guests were delighted with Turkish cuisine from the Sefa Mediterranean Grill located in the Pineapple Grove Arts District in Delray Beach. Then the tour traveled for seafood at Hurricane Alley on historic Ocean Avenue in Downtown Boynton Beach.   There were also visits to the Boynton Beach Neighborhood Art District and to the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History in Boynton Beach.


Hurricane Alley on historic Ocean Avenue in Downtown Boynton Beach, FL. The building was completed in year 1919

The Taste History culinary tour made its way to Industrial Avenue in Boynton Beach which is bolstered with the eclectic Neighborhood Art District.  Some of the featured galleries include a namesake gallery by the art district's founder Richard W. Beau Leiu, Denny Reed's Art Works Studio and the Activista Gallery by Roly Chang Barrero.  The culinary tour group visited different galleries that are intertwined among the industrial presence of concrete buildings and bulldozers in Boynton Beach.  This was Taste History's first time taking a group to this arts neighborhood in Boynton Beach.

The purpose of the Taste History Culinary Tour is to provide a culturally enriching experience that infuses the local lifestyle history of early settlers, agriculture history, tours of neighborhoods, art and educational information about historic architecture with visits to three to four restaurants in historic districts and/or buildings for food tastings. The culinary tastings includes facts about food history, food culture and foodways.

The Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Delray Beach & Boynton Beach are conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) which is a non-profit organization located inside the Boynton Beach Mall. These food tours are 4-hours and are a combination of bus riding and walking tour with stops to at least two to three restaurants for cuisine tastings.  For dates, ticket price information and reservations, visit TasteHistoryCulinaryTours.org or call 561-243-2662.  The tours are organized by MLFH Executive Director, Lori J. Durante.


Check out more photos from the tour:

Turkish wine was a part of the culinary tour visit at Sefa in the Pineapple Grove Arts District of Downtown Delray Beach, Florida.  Vineyards in Turkey represent some of the agriculture industry of that Country that is partly in the eastern Mediterranean. Historically, the use of grapes for wine making dates back to 2500bc according to numerous biblical references.

Kofte Meatballs at Sefa Mediterranean Grill
in the Pineapple Grove Arts District of Downtown Delray Beach, Florida

Hummus at Sefa Mediterranean Grill in the Pineapple Grove Arts District of Downtown Delray Beach, Florida
Happy tour guest with Chef Numan Unsal (left) of Sefa Mediterranean Grill in the Pineapple Grove Arts District in Downtown Delray Beach, Florida


Boynton Beach Neighborhood Art District in Boynton Beach, Florida. This area was visited for the Taste History Culinary Tour

Debby Coles-Dobay speaks to tour group about the Boynton Beach Neighborhood Art District

Artist Roly Chang Barrero  of ActivistaArtista at his studio in the Boynton Beach Neighborhood Art District speaking to guests from the Taste History Culinary Tour

Denny Reed Art Works Studio in the Boynton Beach Neighborhood Art District

Art Work at the Denny Reed Studio in the Boynton Beach Neighborhood Art District


Artist Lea Vendetta at her studio in the Boynton Beach Neighborhood Art District
 
Boynton Beach Neighborhood Art District


Boynton Beach Neighborhood Art District

Art work by Kim Fay in the Boynton Beach Neighborhood Art District

Boynton Beach Neighborhood Art District

Culinary Tour concluded with a visit to the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History which is located inside the Boynton Beach Mall in Boynton Beach, FL
More tour dates have been added for the Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Delray Beach & Boynton Beach, FL.  Click Here to purchase tickets.