January 22, 2022
Belize equals Amazing Chocolate! 25 years ago no chocolate bars or candies were manufactured in Belize. Thank goodness that has changed. Now every year there are new, outstanding, Belizean chocolates to savour! We share 6 of our favorite Belizean Chocolate Bars, how they taste, why we love them & most importantly, where you can find (and buy, & taste) them for yourselves!
December 13, 2021
Wondering if you should tip your tour guide on your next unforgettable adventure? From our insider perspective as guides here at Taste Belize Tours in Belize, […]
September 28, 2021
Pretty much every resort and tourism industry website in Belize has a blog post about what you should eat while visiting our beautiful country. (Check out […]
September 20, 2021
Many visitors to Belize are not sure what Belizean cuisine is all about. The truth is we Belizeans are still figuring that out ourselves as we […]
November 9, 2020
Taste Belize Tours founder’s personal 2020 experience of 33 days of lock down in isolation on her family’s jungle homestead. Click here to read!
May 15, 2020
Walking south down Main Street, Placencia Village, Stann Creek District, Belize on a beautiful sunset evening, you may see a folding table boasting a big ice […]
January 7, 2020
Belizean Rums of the South Once you enter the Caribbean basin, whether you are on the mainland or our neighboring island nations, you have arrived in […]
December 7, 2019
Explore Placencia’s Food Scene! Want to explore the food and culture of Placencia Peninsula? Looking for an activity that is just a couple hours long? This […]
November 3, 2019
Behold the incredible edible plastic bag of bliss known to Belizean children across the country as an ideal. This sweet frozen treat is usually made with flavoured, […]
October 5, 2019
Conch soup is a traditional coastal dish in Belize. Queen conchs are those big beautiful snail shells you see in photos advertising trips to the Caribbean. […]
September 5, 2019
Seaweed smoothie anyone? If you aren’t familiar with the wonderful world of edible seaweeds, you might be imagining a green, vaguely fishy and definitely unappetizing concoction. […]
July 20, 2019
Its everybody’s favorite time of year! Here in Belize one of the tropical world’s most famous fruits is the mango. Mangifera indica is related to our […]
May 23, 2019
Much as I tire of the trend in recent years towards making lists and calling them articles, this month I jump on the bandwagon to tell […]
May 22, 2019
I am beyond excited because my book has finally been published! 8 years of on the ground research, data analysis, writing, editing, re-editing and re-re-editing have […]
April 5, 2019
Belize’s iconic dishes, stewed chicken. If you have ever visited or lived in Belize you have sampled this, which, when properly made, is savory and loaded […]
March 21, 2019
Beach Side Coffee Class Meet Rick Feldman, Placencia’s very own Coffee Guru! At his village home on the beach we explore every aspect of your favorite […]
March 18, 2019
Rain Forest & Maya Ruins Explore Toledo, the verdant heart of Southern Belize and the most culturally diverse district in the country. Drive time ranges from […]
October 10, 2018
Custom & Private Tours Custom Tours Don’t see exactly what you are looking for in our tour descriptions? Think you have done it all already? We […]
September 13, 2018
Rum Exploration Welcome to Rum Country! You may have noticed, in Belize rum is King. We grow our own sugar cane and an array of rums […]
November 28, 2015
Today I was on tour with my little tour company, Taste Belize Tours, on an adventure to do some Kriol fire hearth cooking. In Belize we […]
August 20, 2015
We call Belize The Jewel for good reason. Our country is small, almost exactly the size of the American state of Massachusetts, yet overflowing with cultural […]
July 15, 2015
I have four kids with me this month and find myself eating a lot less healthy than I prefer, but a lot more healthy then they […]
June 7, 2015
Yes, its a mango. In Belize we call this a “slippas mango” for its supposed resemblance to a slipper. This one was about the size of […]
May 5, 2015
In a prior post I talked about making rice the Belizean way. You wash the rice until all the starch dust has been removed and then […]
April 18, 2015
When I started this blog in 2008 I was sitting at a receptionist desk in Washington DC, completing a Masters degree in Anthropology. Today I am […]
December 7, 2014
Feast on our Chocolate Combination Tours! Taste Belize is the home of Placencia Peninsula’s original chocolate tour. Explore Belize’s chocolate trails with us and you are […]
December 6, 2014
Discover Belizean Rum & Bitters. Don’t forget something to drink while exploring the cultures and cuisines of Belize! Your options range from a 2 hour bar-side […]
November 15, 2014
Learn to cook like a Belizean! Want to learn how to make some of the delicious food you have been reading about? Our hands on (mouths-on!) […]
November 15, 2014
Taste Belize’s Captain Nick Pollard runs our incredible island hopping and snorkeling trips while born Fisherman and Captain Edlin Leslie and crew will show you the […]
March 31, 2014
Ixcacao Chocolate Tours Taste Belize is the home of Placencia Peninsula’s original chocolate tour. As a newly licensed guide Lyra created the tour in January 2013 […]
June 14, 2013
In the past 8 years FIVE small chocolatiers have opened their doors in Belize, close to the source of certified organic high flavour cacao beans coming […]
April 27, 2013
I love stewed beans-called “stew beans” in Belizean Kriol. Everyone eats them in Belize and although the seasonings are a bit different with the traditional Mayan […]
March 31, 2013
Breadnut or Artocarpus Camansi, is the ancestor of breadfruit, the more widely known green football (soccer-ball) shaped starchy tropical fruit found across the warm regions of […]
March 15, 2013
Belizean Coconut Rice Recipe Traditionally the Creole and Garifuna people of Belize cook their rice with coconut milk. This style of rice making has spread to […]
November 15, 2012
This expensive slicer allows samples of cacao beans to be inspected for quality to ensure that proper fermentation and drying is taking place. For the past […]
April 18, 2012
I originally posted a recipe for homemade habanero pepper sauce (also called onion sauce, depending on the ratio of onions to peppers) in my post on […]
March 29, 2012
I realize that I have practically abandoned my food blog over the last several years. This is particularly ironic because it was this very blog that […]
November 10, 2011
I think a fish head is probably one of the more controversial aspects of seafood consumption in the United States of America. Many Americans find it […]
June 17, 2010
So I’m in Belize for my aforementioned 2 months of predissertation research. I arrived this past Tuesday. In two days I have already amassed over 16 […]
May 19, 2010
So this salad was an experiment, the result of a big bunch of watercress and an invitation to a foodie BBQ being hosted by one of […]
March 16, 2009
My Grandma is famous for these delectable breakfast breads, which she has been making since the early sixties, when she had 8 hungry little kids begging […]
January 29, 2009
I was in Orlando, Florida for a brief couple of days in January, before my final semester of graduate school began. While I was there I […]
August 24, 2008
The habanero, long famed as the world’s hottest pepper, has in recent years lost that title to much hotter capsicums discovered in India and Pakistan. However […]
July 19, 2008
I know what I’m eating for the rest of the summer. I thought it was going to be ice cream, but it turns out I was […]
July 12, 2008
Today I enjoyed a classic Belizean breakfast…for lunch. At 2 in the afternoon even calling it brunch was pushing it a little. But I needed to […]
April 19, 2008
As you can probably guess, I advocate buying locally, organically grown foods as much as possible. But like most people the world over, rising food prices […]
March 6, 2008
This is version 1.0 of my newest favorite soup. That’s right, the one I promised I would blog about a couple weeks ago. No, it wasn’t […]
January 31, 2008
If you are hankering for a barbeque flavour in the cold of winter, this recipe is for you. This is a tried and true family favorite […]
November 27, 2007
After a relaxing week in Pennsylvania enjoying lots of Thanksgiving food (including five pies), I felt that I had to share the wealth with all of […]
November 15, 2007
Picadillo, a savory blend of ground beef, raisins, olives and tomato sauce, is the only Cuban dish that my boyfriend José has made since we started […]
November 1, 2007
There are literally hundreds and hundreds of varieties of beans, and each one is especially beloved by at least one country, culture, region, island, town, village […]
October 10, 2007
For a long time the only bread pudding I would eat was my Grandma’s. I didn’t like the dried out slabs that were served to me […]
October 5, 2007
Over the years my mother developed a fail proof bread recipe that could be baked in a drafty, often unreliable, wood stove in the middle of […]
September 10, 2007
I am not vegan. I’m not even vegetarian. I guess my approach might best be described by the new American term “flexitarian”, a word which has […]
August 13, 2007
This recipe is one of those that I invented as a teenager in Belize. Several guava trees grow right outside our cookhouse, which is where all […]
August 9, 2007
I feel that this, my first post and first exciting step into the world of food blogging, ought to begin with some kind of introduction. But […]