Taste History: Floribbean Cuisine, Culture on Epicurean Tour in Palm Beach County, Florida

The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu for Summer 2015 with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history. The tour program delivers an engaging taste of the cuisine, culture, art and history of the main streets, historic districts and unique off the beaten path areas.

Cabana El Rey Latin Nuevo. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Floribbean cuisine represents a culinary evolution in Florida that is a mixture of various cultures influenced by European and Caribbean immigrants. The word Floribbean is a portmanteau with the merging of two words Florida and Caribbean. These new cuisines are now strongly associated with a Florida experience thus the term Floribbean. The Florida origins of Floribbean cuisine begin in year 1513 with the arrival of Spaniard explorer Juan Ponce de Leon who gave Florida its name which means flowers. Other Spaniard explorers arrived in Florida and brought with them their culture, religion and cuisines too. An exchange of food stuffs and foodways developed between the Native Americans and Spaniards. The Native Americans ate from nature and the sea; and the Spaniards brought pigs, cattle and their foodways. Then you have the arrival of the British and the French who brought their foodstuffs too that further influenced new foodways in Florida. In the 1900s Florida’s foodscape continued to grow with the immigration of Cubans.

The June 20th tour to Delray Beach & Boynton Beach also celebrated Father's Day with trips to Cabana El Rey, Dee Dee's Conch & Rib Shack, Shaffer's Tea Room, Le Macaron French Pastries Shop, Bambo Fire Cafe, Colony Hotel, Boynton Industrial Arts District and Palermo's Bakery.

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The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Dee Dee's Conch & Rib Shack. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Shaffer's Tearoom. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Argentinean empanadas at Shaffer's Tearoom. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Shaffer's Tearoom.The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Bamboo Fire Cafe. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Le Macaron French Pastries Shop. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Colony Hotel. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Boynton Beach Industrial Arts District. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Boynton Industrial Arts District. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Palermo's Bakery was established more than 125 years ago in Italy. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Palermo's Bakery. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

Stuffed semolina bread at Palermo's Bakery. The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County is sautéing its menu with cultural epicurean tours that celebrate Floribbean cuisines, culture and history.

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The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County, Florida has been designated one of the official community event partners for the State of Florida’s Viva Florida initiative.

The tour program includes bus riding and 4 to 6 blocks of walking. The mission of the tour includes incorporating education about food culture and food history with the food tastings thus dietary restrictions cannot be accommodated.

Taste History is sponsored, in part, by Macy’s. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Additional support for Taste History has been received from Kingston Fresh, Carl and Iris Apfel; and bequests from the late Patricia Ann Ravo and the late Boris & Edith Rueger.

Effective February 1, 2015, $45 per person is the new rate for the tours traveling to Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth and Lantana. The new rate for the West Palm Beach/Northwood Village tour is $50 per person. Free for children under age 14 (children must be accompanied by a paid adult family member). Children age 14 and over pay regular price. Due to the increase in fees that are charged to our organization for the tour bus rental and insurance; an increase in our tour fees is necessary. Pre-paid reservations that have been made prior to that date will not be affected. Taste History is a non-profit educational organization. Fees are inclusive of all food and visits to cultural centers and art galleries.

For more information, call 561-243-2662 or 561-638-8277. Email tour@tastehistoryculinarytours.org

Brief Facts about Taste History:

Offered year-round

Held on the first, second, third and fourth Saturdays at 11am. Pre-payment is required

At least 3 to 4 locally owned and family-owned bakeries and eateries are visited for food tasting. Some cuisines may be culturally-specific. The food portions are hearty.

Cultural centers or emerging art and craft shops are visited

Tour travels through historic neighborhoods, downtowns, main streets and off the beaten path.

Bus riding and 4 to 6 blocks of walking

Some eating experiences are standing-only.

Tour is at least 3 to 4 hours

Food and Florida history are narrated by a guide

To maintain an element of surprise, each tour is different and never an exact duplication of any previous tour hosted.

Private group tours are also available during the weekday

Pre-payment is required. Fees are inclusive

Tour takes place Rain or Shine.

Dietary Restrictions Cannot be Accommodated. Click here to read about types of foods served on the tour.

Taste History is a food tasting tour, with art and history combined, and although there is some sitting it's not a sit-down luncheon but many of the food portions are hearty and most people are full by the end of the tour.

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