Taste History CulinaryTours of Historic Palm Beach County is a cultural program operated by the
non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History. Macy's is the presenting sponsor. The tour features food
tasting with trips to art shops, cultural centers and historic buildings. One of the historic buildings visited is the
non-profit Osborne Schoolhouse in Lake Worth.
The Osborne Schoolhouse was built in 1947 in the Lake Osborne Addition
neighborhood in Lake Worth that was settled by Bahamians in 1921. The Bahamians arrived
years earlier for farming and to work building oil magnate Henry Flagler’s
Florida East Coast Railway. The
schoolhouse is now occupied by a non-profit early childhood center named For
the Children.
Macy’s Boynton Beach partnered with the museum to host a Christmas Breakfast with Santa and gift distribution for the preschool students of the historic Osborne School. The breakfast hosted on December 15th.
“It was truly a magical Macy’s day to observe the children’s innocence and enjoyment when receiving their Christmas presents,” says Lori J. Durante, Executive Director of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History.
This cultural epicurean tour celebrates family-owned bakeries, eateries,
juice bars and tea shops; local art galleries and emerging arts districts. Each
Taste History Tour is distinct offering guests an enlightening experience of food
tastings that are Floribbean and New Fusion cuisines at family-owned
eateries; alternate trips along the tour’s Bakery
Trail; and visits to local art shops in emerging historic districts
off-the-beaten-path.
Taste History has grown to alternately feature more than 5 cities
including West Palm Beach, Lake Worth,
Lantana, Delray Beach and Boynton
Beach.
The Taste HistoryCulinary Tours delivers an engaging taste of the cuisine, culture, art and
history of historic districts, emerging arts districts and unique off-the-beaten-path
areas in West Palm Beach; Lake Worth and Lantana; and Delray Beach and Boynton
Beach. The Taste History sponsors include Macy’s, Iris Apfel and Kingston Fresh. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.
Taste History has been ranked in USA Today’s 10 Best and also rated by Vacation Idea Dream Magazine as one of the Top 22 Best Things to Do
in West Palm Beach. West Palm Beach
Magazine designated Taste History as the “Greatest Hits Tour.” And, the Red
Carnation Hotel Collection has selected Taste History Culinary Tours as one
of Eight Most Unusual Palm Beach Tours. Created in 2011, the non-profit Taste History
is the first culinary history tour of its kind in Palm Beach County and has
grown to feature more than five cities that are West Palm Beach; Lake Worth and Lantana; and Delray Beach and Boynton Beach. The tour partners include
family-owned eateries, bakeries, cafés, juice bars, tea bars, art galleries and
non-profit cultural centers highlighting emerging local artists.
Taste History
incorporates a rotation of cuisine tastings representing varied cultures. This epicurean tour combines history, culture
and cuisine therefore Taste History infuses food tastings with the history of
the State of Florida and the local area along with visits to historic buildings
and art shops.
Lori J. Durante,
Executive Tour Director, developed the non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours
as an extension of the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach that began
in 2004 which has hosted more than 8,000 people. Combining the culinary and narrated tours,
more than 11,000 people have been hosted, to date. “I took the Narrated Bus Tour and
enriched it by adding food tastings which morphed into the Taste History
Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County,” says Lori J. Durante.
Other rankings are from
the Huffington Post which designated
Taste History as one of the “…established food tours in Florida.” VisitFlorida
said about Taste History “…the mission is both education and
entertainment.” The
international news agency The
Culture Trip has included the Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic
Palm Beach County in its roundup of Florida's 10 Best Food Festivals
and Fiestas.
Effective January 1, 2015, Taste History rates
changed to $45 to $50 per person; free for children under
age 14 (accompanied by a paid adult family member). Tickets can be
purchased at tastehistoryculinarytours.org. Pre-payment is required.
For information, call 561-243-2662 or 561-638-8277
E-mail tour@tastehistoryculinarytours.org. Private group and team building tours are also available. The food
tours board at Macy's (Outside at the East Entrance) located at 801 N. Congress
Avenue, Boynton Beach, FL.
Offered year-round, the Taste
History is a four-hour food-centric narrated excursion of bus riding and four
to six blocks of walking through historic districts for alternate visits to bakeries,
eateries, juice bars, tea bars and markets for food tastings, food history,
food culture facts and foodways information and. At least three to four
eateries are visited per Taste History tour along with trips to historic
buildings, cultural centers or art shops.
Tour guests meet the restaurant owners and chefs; and directors and
artists of the cultural centers and art galleries. Florida history is narrated
by a guide.
Sponsored by Macy’s, Kingston Fresh, Carl and Iris Apfel,
the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund; and Boris & Edith Rueger Fund, the Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach
County program is a food eating, art and
history experience offered by the non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion
History (MLFH). This culinary tour
primarily consists of travels to historic West
Palm Beach (Various Districts) and
Lake Worth on the first Saturday of each month; Lake Worth and Lantana on the second Saturday of each month; and historic Delray Beach and Boynton Beach on the third and fourth
Saturdays of each month, year-round at 11am plus private and team building tours
are offered during the weekday.
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.
2016 dates for the Taste
History Culinary Tours:
Saturday, January 9,
2016 - Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, January 16,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, January 23,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach (January 23, 2016 is Sold-Out)
Saturday, February 6,
2016 - West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, February 13,
2016 - Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, February 20,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, February 27,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, March 12, 2016
- Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, March 19, 2016
- Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, April 2, 2016
– West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, April 9, 2016
- Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, April 16, 2016
- Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, April 23, 2016
- Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, May 7, 2016 -
West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, May 14, 2016 -
Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, May 21, 2016 -
Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, May 28, 2016 -
Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, June 4, 2016 -
West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, June 11, 2016
- Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, June 18, 2016
- Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, June 25, 2016
- Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, July 9, 2016 -
Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, July 16, 2016
- Delray Beach/Boynton
Saturday, July 23, 2016
- Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, August 6, 2015
- West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, August 13,
2016 - Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, August 20,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, August 27,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, September 10,
2016 - Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, September 17,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, September 24, 2016
- Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, October 1,
2016 - West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, October 8,
2016 - Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, October 15,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, October 22,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, November 5,
2016 - West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, November 12,
2016 - Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, November 19,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, November 26,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
Saturday, December 3,
2016 - West Palm Beach/Lake Worth
Saturday, December 10,
2016 - Lake Worth/Lantana
Saturday, December 17,
2016 - Delray Beach/Boynton Beach
