March 19th, 2015
Destination? Rehoboth Beach Museum, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Event, The Past Meets Paleo!, Food Tasting, Recipes, Culinary Event, Saturday, March 28, 2015, Delaware Beaches, Southern Delaware, Fish Anonymous?, Cave Girl?, The Last Resort?
A culinary event that will link Rehoboth Beach’s past to modern cuisine!! No better place than to host it than at the Rehoboth Beach Museum, located at 511 Rehoboth Avenue in Downtown Rehoboth Beach. By the roundabout and the Rehoboth Beach Visitor Center. Can’t miss it. This museum is very active offering residents and visitors exhibits and events such as this one. I always recommend a visi to Rehoboth Beach Museum, whether you have been a long time visitor to Rehoboth Beach, or you are discovering it for the first time. From a small coastal resort to a destination….Rehoboth Beach, Delaware is also known as the Nation’s Summer Capital. More info? Visit http://www.rehobothbeachmuseum.org
The Past Meets Paleo! will take place on Saturday, March 28th from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. at the museum. Reservations are required and admission is a canned or boxed food item that will be donated to the Community Resource Center, a charity supported by All Saints Church. The Shelter carries on the work done by the members of FISH Anonymous. Please call 302-227-7310 to make a reservation.
So, this is what’s going on…
Long-time locals may remember the remarkable Helen Tikiob and her generous efforts on behalf of those in need. Mrs. Tikiob formed a group of individuals at All Saints Church that provided help to those in need, including food and rides to doctor’s appointments. The group was named Fish Anonymous, referring to the primitive symbol for Jesus, which is a fish. The group produced a cookbook to sell, with proceeds supporting their charitable efforts. The cookbook was called The Last Resort, a tongue-in-cheek reference to our resort area and the way a busy cook might view the daunting task of selecting a meal to make on a busy day by turning, at last, to the recipes in the book.
Fast forward…..to today’s eclectic tastes in food preparation, and one might look to the Paleo food movement. Paleo food is what some believe is based on food humans’ ancient ancestors might likely have eaten, such as lean meat, nuts and berries.
Another local woman, Denise Vansant, has taken up the Paleo food lifestyle and created a business known as Cave Girl at the Beach. Vansant prepares food for local markets and caters some events. Her father was involved in the food industry, and her childhood was filled with the foods of Armenia and Turkey prepared by her grandparents. She is no stranger to meals made with fruits and vegetables.
The connection where the two women’s lives connect? Denise, a Baltimore girl, married into the local Vansant Family, which is related to the Tikiob Family. Helen Tikiob is her husband’s maternal grandmother…got that?
Upon learning of the cookbook and Denise’s Paleo food business from Denise Vansant, Nancy Alexander, Director of the Rehoboth Beach Museum, followed up on Denise’s wish to blend the two generations of cooks and proposed an event combining recipes from the book updated for today’s tastes.
The result is the event “The Past Meets Paleo”. Denise, the Cave Girl cook, will present food prepared for Paleo palates based on recipes from The Last Resort Cookbook. Member of the Tikiob and Vansant families will be in attendance, a s well as others who helped make the cookbook a reality, including Punx and Jay Wingate.
Call 302-227-7310, make a reservation….take a moment to set aside that canned or boxed food item that you will bring with you as your admission ticket!!
Have a great day in Rehoboth Beach!!
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