Wilton Reads: Panama on a Plate: One Country, One Voice, Many Flavors

Join Wilton Library for an introduction to the foods, aromas, colors and culture of Panama as part of Wilton Reads programming. They are excited to present Chef Yadira Stamp, an Afro-Latina native of Panama City, Panama and chef/owner of Esencias Panamenas Catering in Washington, D.C.. She prepares authentic Panamanian, Caribbean and Central American dishes and beverages. Esencias Panamenas is the only Panamanian catering company in the U.S. to offer its food nationwide.

Chef Stamp will create a Panamanian tasting menu of finger foods to sample as she speaks about native Panamanian gastronomy and the traditional cooking techniques she still uses today. Culinary matriarchs in the Panamanian countryside taught her. She will also discuss the history of the Panamanian people, and her own ancestral connection to the building of the Panama Canal.

Stamp was featured in the U.S. media as well as in Panama City, Panama. She published her first cookbook, Panama on a Plate: Favorite Foods from My Birthplace, in 2022. She is now working on her second cookbook, as well as developing a signature line of carimañolas, selling in stores nationwide. Stamp will sell and sign copies of her cookbook at the end of the program.

Registration for this program is required. Be sure to answer the question about any food restrictions you have when registering. Register online or call 203.762.6334.