Palm Beach Daily News Food Blog about Taste History Culinary Tour

A Sense of Place: Local Culinary/Culture Tours

The Dish by M.M. Cloutier
The Shiny Sheet/Palm Beach Daily News
July 18, 2012

You’ve probably said—or thought—something like this before: This summer, I’m going to take advantage of the slower pace by exploring my own backyard—art galleries, historic districts, and restaurants, say, I’ve yet to experience in any purposeful way or perhaps never knew about in the first place (shame!).

If food/restaurants are a category that figure high on your list: Consider trying Taste History Culinary Tours—they touch down each month in Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and Lake Worth—conducted by the Boynton Beach-based Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History...Click Here to visit story on PBDAILYNEWS.com.

The July 14, 2012 Taste History Culinary Tour made its first-ever visit  to the Mango Inn Bed & Breakfast in Lake Worth, Florida. Delicious Mango-infused French Toast was served to the tour guests.

This past Saturday, the four-hour guided downtown Lake Worth tour—a combination of bus-riding and strolling—included stops/tastings at the 1915-built Mango Inn Bed & Breakfast (mango-infused French toast), The Cottage Restaurant (penne alla vodka), The Juice Bar (organic smoothies and sandwich wraps), Brogues Down Under Irish Pub (sausage rolls and pavlova), The Tortilleria (tortillas) and George’s Meat Market (chili infused with the market’s private-label seasoning).

Also on the tour: galleries (with working local artists on hand) and other points of interest in Lake Worth’s downtown LULA arts district, including the 1921-built Hummingbird Hotel.

The Taste History Culinary Tours ($35; children free) of Lake Worth began this past spring after ones in Delray and Boynton began routinely selling out. Restaurants that have partnered with the tours are `rotated’ on the itinerary so no two consecutive tours include the same eateries.

The tours, sponsored in part by Macy’s and a couple of charitable funds, begin at 11  a.m. on the second, third and fourth Saturdays of each month. Tours of Delray and Boynton are offered on the third and fourth Saturday; Lake Worth/Lantana is on the second Saturday.
For more information or tickets: call (561) 243-2662 or visit www.mlfhmuseum.org or ww.tastehistoryculinarytours.blogspot.com.

The family-owned George's Meat Market in Downtown Lantana, Florida used its own private label seasoning for the Chili cuusine samples made with beef which George's grinds on the premises.

To 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. Private group tours are also available.

Due to the exceeding popularity of the 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 Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County includes eateries, markets and urban farms in historic Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth and Lantana with some tours also visiting the Macy’s Home Store Department (aka The Cellar) in Boynton Beach for cuisine demos and tastings plus exclusive discounts at Macy’s 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 nearly 20 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.

Taste History is sponsored in part by Macy's, the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund and the Boris & Edith Rueger Fund. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

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The following are upcoming culinary tour 2012 dates:

July 2012:

Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

August 2012:

Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

September 2012:

Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

October 2012:

Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

November 2012:
Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

December 2012

Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

For more information, call 561-243-2662, e-mail: Tour@TasteHistoryCulinaryTours.org

New Times Broward Palm Beach reviewed Taste History Culinary Tour

New Times Broward Palm Beach
June 19, 2012
by Clean Plate Charlie

Delicious History Lessons:
Taste History Culinary Tours on July 21 and 28

As Lori Durante leads a small, sweating pack of culinary tourists east on Atlantic Avenue on a recent Saturday afternoon, she breaks her swift stride momentarily to point across the street, toward Johnnie Brown's, a burger and barbecue joint in Delray Beach.

"Johnnie Brown's was named for Addison Mizner's famous pet monkey," Durante says before resuming her brisk pace and leading the group to its next tour stop at Scuola Vecchia Pizza e Vino, peppering the remaining walk with other tidbits about the ever-changing landscape of downtown Delray Beach.

Durante, director of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History, is the creator and guide for the museum's thrice-monthly Taste History Culinary Tours. The next tour is planned for 11 a.m. Saturday and will include multiple stops in Delray Beach and Boynton Beach, many of which involve tasting regional and international cuisine... Click here to view photos and read more.

Scuola Vecchia in Delray Beach is an old school pizzeria that makes in-house
mozzarella cheese.

Click here to view more photos of the tour.

 To purchase tickets on-line for the Taste History Culinary Tour of Historic Palm Beach County, visit tastehistoryculinarytours.org or call 561-638-8277. Pre-payment is required. Private group tours are also available.

Due to the exceeding popularity of the 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.

Taste History is sponsored in part by Macy's, the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund and the Boris & Edith Rueger Fund. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

Click LIKE for the Facebook page for Taste History.

You can also sign-up via e-mail subscribe to this Blog.

To make reservations, click the following:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-history-culinary-tours-tickets-14925015122

Mango-infused French Toast featured on Food Tour of Lake Worth & Lantana

The July 14, 2012 Lake Worth/Lantana Taste History Culinary Tour traveled to 8 sites for food tastings and visits to art galleries. Newly added to this gastronomy tour is the Mango Inn Bed & Breakfast which served delicious farm-to-table mango-infused French Toast. The tour continued to The Cottage Restaurant, The Juice Bar, Brogues Down Under Irish Pub, The Tortilleria and George's Meat Market. Art galleries visited were the Lake Worth Art League Gallery and the Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery.

Take a look at the photos:

The delectable Mango-infused French Toast at the Mango Inn Bed & Breakfast offered an organically green experience because the mangoes used were grown locally on the Mango Inn property. Mangoes are considered indigenous to Eastern Asia, India, Pakistan and the Phillipines.  The word "Mango", originally spelled "Mankay" or "Mangay," derived from the Portuguese who settled in Western India.  Portuguese explorers introduced the Mango tree to the Western Hemisphere in the 1700s. 

The Mango Inn Bed & Breakfast in Lake Worth, Florida is located in a former private home.   This popular bed and breakfast was built in 1915. From 1941 to 1949, the Mayor of Lake Worth, John “Jack” Thomas Barton, lived in the home. The Mango Inn was converted into a bed and breakfast in 1995.  

Innkeeper Debi at the Mango Inn Bed & Breakfast in Lake Worth, Florida. The Taste History Culinary Tour visited the inn for a tour and food tastings.

Mango Inn Bed & Breakfast was visited for the Taste History Culinary Tour of Historic Lake Worth & Lantana, Florida

Innkeeper Judi prepared organic juice for the culinary tour visit at Mango Inn Bed & Breakfast

Taste History tour director Lori with Debi of the Mango Inn Bed & Breakfast

Tour guests arriving at The Cottage restaurant located on Lucerne Avenue in Downtown Lake Worth, Florida

Penne alla Vodka was served The Cottage for the Taste History Culinary Tour of Historic Lake Worth.

Tour guests entering the Lake Worth Art League Gallery.  The Lake Worth Art League is one of the oldest continuous art leagues in Palm Beach County, Florida

Lake Worth Art League board members greeted and welcomed the guests from the Taste History Culinary Tour

Lake Worth Art League artist George Taylor

Watercoloring by Lake Worth Art League artist George Taylor

Painting by Lake Worth Art League artist George Taylor.  The Lake Worth Art League was visited for the Taste History Culinary Tour.

Lake Worth Commissioner Andy Amoroso greeted tour guests at The Juice Bar in Downtown Lake Worth

Organic smoothies at The Juice Bar were tasted for the food tour.  Smoothies originated in Brazil and its pureed fruits or vegetables.

The Juice Bar in Downtown Lake Worth, Florida

Sandwich wraps at The Juice Bar were enjoyed by the Taste History tour guests

The 1921 Hummingbird Hotel on Lucerne Avenue in Downtown Lake Worth is a part of the LULA Arts District.  LULA is an acronym for Lucerne and Lake Avenues in the downtown area.

A western view of Downtown Lake Worth on Lake Avenue.

The Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery is a cooperative artists gallery in Downtown Lake Worth, Florida.  The Taste History Culinary Tour guests were delighted by the visit.

Fish by artist Betty Wilson at the Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery in Downtown Lake Worth, FL.

Culinary Tour guests at the Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery in the LULA Arts District of Downtown Lake Worth, Florida

The Irish pub Brogues Down Under in Downtown Lake Worth provided food tastings for the culinary tour.

The Sausage Roll is authentically Australian and New Zealand cuisine that is considered "take-away" food. The sausage rolls were served at Brogues Down Under for the Taste History Culinary Tour visit.

Emily, co-owner of Brogues Down Under in Lake Worth, Florida was dubbed the "Pavlova Pie Queen" in her homeland of Australia.

Tour guests had difficulty resisting extra helpings of the Pavlova Pie which was custom made just for the Taste History Culinary tour visit to Brogues Down Under. The Pavlova Pie is named in honor of famed Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova who toured Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s.  The Pavlova is a merengue-based pie.

Shane (left) with his children helping out at Brogues Down Under which is operated by his parents.

Tour guests viewed the Back Room at Brogues Down Under which is used for private parties.

The Tortilleria on-wheels in the Tropical Ridge Neighborhood in Lake Worth, Florida.

The Taste History Culinary tour guests at the Tortelleria in Lake Worth.

Tortillas were sampled at the Tortilleria in Lake Worth, Florida. The tortillas are made from corn flour imported from Mexico.

Tortillerias are food factories that commercially produce tortillas.

The family-owned George's Meat Market in Lantana, Florida was established more than 50 years.

George's Meat Market private label seasoning

Chili at George's Meat Market in Lantana, Florida created with meat grinded on the premises. According to food historians, the Chili cuisine originated in the Southwestern United States in the 17th Century and its original recipe included meat, onions, tomatoes and chili peppers.  The Chili peppper originated around 7500 BC in Central and South Americas.  The Spaniards brought the Chili pepper to New Mexico in the 16th century. It was in 1731 that the Chili "stew" arrived in the Spanish province of Texas. Today, a variety of Chili dishes are created that include beans.

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To purchase tickets on-line for the Taste History Culinary Tour of Historic Palm Beach County, visit tastehistoryculinarytours.org or call  561-638-8277. Pre-payment is required. Private group tours are also available.

Due to the exceeding popularity of the 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 Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County includes eateries, markets and urban farms in historic Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth and Lantana with some tours also visiting the Macy’s Home Store Department (aka The Cellar) in Boynton Beach for cuisine demos and tastings plus exclusive discounts at Macy’s 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 2 restaurants/eateries/cultural sites for cuisine tastings along with visiting historic districts, buildings and art galleries. There are nearly 20 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.

Taste History is sponsored in part by Macy's, the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund and the Boris & Edith Rueger Fund. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

Click LIKE for the Facebook page for Taste History.

You can also sign-up via e-mail subscribe to this Blog.

To purchase tour tickets, click the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-history-culinary-tours-tickets-14925015122

For more information, call 561-638-8277 or email tour@tastehistoryculinarytours.org

Press Coverage in The Pineapple about Culinary Tours

The Pineapple
June 2012 issue

Since 2004 the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) has been hosting narrated bus tours of historic Delray Beach and now they are expanding their tours by adding a culinary component to the tour program with the theme, Taste History. Retail giant and culinary lifestyle specialists, Macy’s Culinary Council is sponsoring Taste History, Culinary Tours...Click to read more.

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To 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. Private group tours are also available.

Due to the exceeding popularity of the 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. 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^th.

The Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County includes eateries, markets and urban farms in historic Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth and Lantana with some tours also visiting the Macy’s Home Store Department (aka The Cellar) in Boynton Beach for cuisine demos and tastings plus exclusive discounts at Macy’s 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 2 restaurants/eateries/cultural sites for cuisine tastings along with visiting historic districts, buildings and art galleries. There are nearly 20 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.

Taste History is sponsored in part by Macy's, the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund and the Boris & Edith Rueger Fund. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

Click LIKE for the Facebook page for Taste History.
You can also sign-up via e-mail subscribe to this Blog.

The following are upcoming culinary tour 2012 dates:

July 2012:

Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

August 2012:

Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

September 2012:

Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

October 2012:

Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

November 2012:
Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

December 2012

Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

For more information, call 561-243-2662, e-mail: Tour@TasteHistoryCulinaryTours.org

Palm Beach Gardens, FL Historical Society hosted on Lake Worth-Lantana Culinary Tour

Check out the photos from the June 30, 2012 Taste History Culinary Tour of Historic Lake Worth & Lantana. This private tour was hosted for 20 members of the Palm Beach Gardens Historical Society.  It marked the first time a historical society took a tour of the City of Lake Worth and Town of Lantana.  The bonus for this food tour was that these special Palm Beach Gardens Historical Society members were warmly greeted by the City Manager for Lake Worth, a current Lake Worth Commissioner, the Director of the Lake Worth Library, Co-Chair of the Lake Worth Centennial plus the first African American Commissioner for the City of Lake Worth.  In the Town of Lantana the tour guests were welcomed by representatives from the Lantana Historical Society, the Lantana Chamber of Commerce and a welcome letter was received from the Mayor of Lantana, FL.

The specially designed June 30th gastronomy tour traveled to the Sabal Palm House Bed & Breakfast for Organic Tea provided by Barbara The Tea Specialist and homemade Scones created by the innkeeper. The tour continued to The Cottage Restaurant, The Juice Bar, Brogues Down Under Irish Pub, The Tortilleria and George's Meat Market. Art galleries and cultural sites toured were the Lake Worth Art League Gallery; the Lake Worth Historical Museum, the Clay, Glass, Metal, Stone Gallery; the historic St. John's Episcopal Church and the historic building for the Lantana Chamber of Commerce. The guests from Palm Beach Gardens patronized many of the businesses and galleries visited for the tour.

Pavlova Pie at Brogues Down Under in Lake Worth. It's believed that this Australian/New Zealand dessert was created from the Merengue Pie in 1926 in honor of famed Russian Ballerina Anna Pavlova upon her tour of Australia and New Zealand. Brogues Down Under is an Irish Pub that specializes in Australian, Irish and New Zealand cuisine.

Click here to view on Facebook the photos of the June 30, 2012 private culinary tour hosted for the Palm Beach Gardens Historical Society.

To purchase tickets on-line for the Taste History Culinary Tour of Historic Palm Beach County, visit tastehistoryculinarytours.org or call 561-638-8277. Pre-payment is required. Private group tours are also available.

Due to the exceeding popularity of the 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. 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^th.
The Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County includes eateries, markets and urban farms in historic Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth and Lantana with some tours also visiting the Macy’s Home Store Department (aka The Cellar) in Boynton Beach for cuisine demos and tastings plus exclusive discounts at Macy’s 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 restaurants/eateries/cultural sites for cuisine tastings along with visiting historic districts, buildings and art galleries. There are nearly 20 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.

Taste History is sponsored in part by Macy's, the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund and the Boris & Edith Rueger Fund. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

Click LIKE for the Facebook page for Taste History.

You can also sign-up via e-mail subscribe to this Blog.

To purchase tour tickets, click the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-history-culinary-tours-tickets-14925015122

For more information, call 561-638-8277 or email tour@tastehistoryculinarytours.org