Taste History: December 2011

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

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.

Taste History Culinary Tours

The non-profit 501c3 mission of the Taste History Art & Culture Study Tour is to offer educational art, history and cultural study tours for students from first grade thru college highlighting multi-cultures, ethnic cuisines, architecture, and design in Palm Beach County. The program is designed to be a curriculum-based live lab and out-of-classroom experience, on the road. The study tour is offered as a same-day field trip for grades first thru 12 or a multi-day overnight educational excursion for college students. Cities featured include Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lantana, Lake Worth Beach and West Palm Beach. The Taste History Culinary Tours were started in year 2011 as growth and expansion of the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Palm Beach County which were started in year 2004 as a once-a-month trip. Both tours were originated and developed by Lori J. Durante as a 100% volunteer effort. The Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach has hosted more than 8,000 tour passengers. In year 2011, an additional tour was added which was named the Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County. Combining the attendance/passengers of both tours, more than 14,000 people have been hosted on these cultural weekly and monthly tours. The cultural tour programs have evolved and grown through the years. “A new season is being ushered in post-COVID19 pandemic, thereby the tours are adapting and evolving again”, says Lori J. Durante. Year. 2023 marks the launch of the study tour program.

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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!