波士顿美食之旅：北边

当轮到我的计划夏天之旅结束波士顿, I knew that I definitely wanted to go on afood tourwhile there.美食之旅have become one of my favorite activities when visiting a new city since for starters you get fed some awesome eats but you are also given a history of the city and in some cases the neighborhood you’re visiting.

从研究我做到了，它似乎是波士顿美食之旅是去，所以我做了他们的北端旅游预订的方式。如果您有疑问是有史以来关于不是“真正的”美食家美食之旅的组织者，看一眼波士顿美食之旅的创始人米歇尔Topor令人印象深刻的烹饪背景，你会惊奇地发现（我知道我是）。它包括一切从众多前往意大利师从意大利美食和文化，餐饮，意大利菜咨询超过30年，教烹饪。

波士顿美食之旅提供了两种类型，一个城市的北端，否则称为小意大利社区，一个在唐人街。虽然他们都响起美妙的，我结束了北边一个打算，因为附近听起来像是一个非常有趣的地方（它的起源可以追溯到殖民时代，但在20世纪初它成为家庭对一个庞大的意大利移民人口）。至于唐人街，值得庆幸的是，我们结束了在正品现货我们第一天还有吃午饭。

我们的导游是贝丝，她只是一种享受。她是一名退休教师，她的教育背景跨越，因为她是一个有魅力的演说，更何况极其热爱的事，她与我们分享组肯定来了。在整个参观她献上了我极大的赞赏是一个狂热的恶魔烹饪食谱自己短期和简单的口头表述。显然，任何人都可以记住的内容背诵别人，但它是另一回事有喜欢它来通过。

我现在已经做了总共五周美食之旅，这一次肯定是最多的食物背景沉重。We didn’t just go from place to place trying a food and then moving on to the next one-we truly got a background on just about everything from different types of olive oils to the differences between authentic Italian cuisine and Italian-American fare to hearing that one should never buy a cannoli with the filling already in it-it’s a sign that it’s not fresh. Everyone was given handouts which included Michelle’s own dining recommendations for the neighborhood (she’s been a resident for decades), a brief background on all of the places we visited on the tour and some recipes I can’t wait to try out.

Compared to other food tours I’ve been on, this was not one where you’re left feeling full by the end of it. Although we made about half a dozen stops, some of them included several samplings (for instance, our second stop at Bricco Salumeria and Pasta shop included trying things like different types of olive oil and balsamic vinaigrette). We also got to sample two types of pine nuts (the Asian and European variety-I had never known this was a difference between the two) and a type of hard candy at an old world style grocery store (Polcari’s Coffee).

My favorite stop was Maria’s Pastry Shop. It smelled simply divine upon first walking in and seeing all the items that are handmade was just amazing. We got to try a variety of treats here but my favorite was the cannoli. Long after the tour we ended up buying some cookies to go.

Outside of a food context, another reason I loved the tour was just hearing about and seeing this beautiful and intriguing neighborhood firsthand. It oozes history at every corner and just had so many places I could have spent all weekend exploring and trying. It was also nice to learn about those businesses that are still in operation decades after they first opened. Small businesses are a wonderful thing and the many we visited on the tour are a perfect reason why you should too.

北端是参观一个不可思议的地方，我很高兴我第一次来是在旅游，让我得到波士顿的这个非常独特的现货大有来头和美食的见解。你可以打赌，当我回到豆城，在这里用餐绝对是待办事项清单上。

波士顿有迷人的上百年的历史，但它也有惊人的食物，所以一定要加一个美食之旅的行程。

Note: I was given a complimentary tour in exchange for a review but as always all thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.