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food shines, whether
she’s giving an impromptu history of beekeeping
while stopped at the small
farmers market on the
corner of Seward Park and
Canal Streets or of cacao
beans at the Cocoa Bar on
Clinton Street during her
Lower East Side Tasting
Tour. Her well-trained
palate leads groups into the
Essex Market, a warren of
tiny food stalls (don’t miss
Saxelby Cheesemongers,
Formaggio or Essex Farm)
juxtaposed with tailors, art
galleries and a barber shop.
What is thought of as
a predominately Jewish
neighborhood, and it is,
is also deliciously laced
with New American,
Italian and Latin flavors.
Weinberg bobs and weaves
from hot-from-the-oven
bialys and more than three
dozen types of pickles to
doughnuts made from
seasonal ingredients to
high-tech coffee roasters,
all the while drizzling historical information about how the neighborhood was
settled, pointing out the Lower East Side
Tenement Museum and the still-active
garment industry. Weinberg also offers
a coffee- and chocolate-centric tour of
Philadelphia. City Food Tours; ;
212-838-4026; cityfoodtours.com.
The Reading Terminal Market Tour,
led by local food writers, gives walkers the
recipes and history behind iconic Philly
food favorites such as hoagies, cheese
steaks and pretzels. ; 215-545-8007;
readingterminalmarket.org.
Philadelphia
Through Philly Tours, the focus is on
the Italian foods of Philadelphia, with
stops including Di Bruno Bros. House
of Cheese (some 400 cheeses and other
Italian imports), Isgro Pasticceria and
a visit to the street where Rocky Balboa
ran while training for his big fight against
Apollo Creed in Rocky—perhaps an option for burning off some of those Parm
and prosciutto calories. 888-478-1479;
phillytours.us.
Washington, D.C.
Take a bite out of the nation’s capital
with the Moveable Feast Walking Food
Tour, which is equal parts history, and
eating, walking and subway riding. Most
of the tour takes place downtown, with
visits to ethnic eateries (bubble tea!),
bakeries, markets and coffee roasters in
what was D.C.’s old market neighborhood. With embassies and ambassadors from around the world, it doesn’t
take long to find a shop or restaurant
specializing in the cuisine of just about
every nation on the globe. 202-484-1565;
washingtonwalks.com.
