Panel Moderator: Dr. Roberta Isleib is a USA Today bestselling author and clinical psychologist. She is also known as Lucy Burdette, author of The Key West Food Critic Mysteries and is a Key West Woman's Club member. She has written 24 novels, including the latest The Key Lime Crime. A Clue in the Crumbs, the 13th book in the series The Key West Food Critic Mysteries, won the Florida Book Award’s gold medal in popular fiction. Her series features a Key West food critic solving murders on the side.
The following panelists will take the audience on a journey discovering the history of Key West through its food, which is shaped by Caribbean, Floridian, and Cuban influences. The exploration of the dishes of Key West will reveal the island’s deep ties to its immigrant past and seafaring traditions:
Raised in her Cuban grandmother’s Key West kitchen, and armed with a business degree, Analise Andrews pursued her career in the food industry when she opened Key West Food Tours in 2014, and later becoming the Executive Director for Tru Bahamian Food Tours in Nassau, Bahamas in 2018. Both award-winning food tours offer visitors a taste of authentic local culinary experiences while providing historical anecdotes on a 3-hour walking tour.
Dr. Cori Convertito is the Curator & Historian of the Key West Art & Historical Society, as well as an adjunct instructor of American History and Humanities at The College of the Florida Keys. In 2026, she will be curating an exhibit funded by the Florida Humanities Council to work with the Smithsonian on narratives of local history seen through the lens of food.
Martha Hubbard is the culinary curator at Williams Hall in Key West, and the executive chef at the Unity Table, whose mission is to share the joy of food. Her cooking workbook, Old Island Eats, combines her love for traditional Key West recipes, her years of experience cooking, and her joy in feeding friends.
Enjoy the tastings prepared by Chef Martha Hubbard at The Hellings Curry Museum home of the Key West Club, 319 Duval Street
Tickets: $30