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A Unbelievable Learning and Eating Experience

  • January 7, 2026
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Stuckmann from Mariposa, California
A Unbelievable Learning and Eating Experience

The program at The Three Sisters cooking school is the only eco/culinary/historical tour of it type in the lower Americas. If you’re looking for true cultural immersion in a short time frame within a small, easily traveled, ecologically rich geographic location then this tour has been designed for you! This eco tour is unlike any other in Panama and if you want to do more then just look you’ll remember this Panama ecotour for the rest of your life and is all easily accomplished right in El Valle de Anton in less then a few days. The dietary transition from homemade/unrefined to convenience/refined foods is just beginning to evolve in Panama. Starch like tubers, vegetables and fruits are still culinary benchmarks yet to be supplanted by the darlings of global agribusiness, GM corn and soy, and their minions of feedlot dependant livestock. This may be one of the few opportunities you’ll ever have to experience a culture’s diet before its iconic dishes become ossified vestigial tokens only served at holiday rituals and celebrations. The Panamanian food class discussed the major and minor starches used to make the fritter-turnover matrix for many enduring Panamanian constructs like Carimanolas, Alcapurrias, Tamals, Tamales, Empanadas and Aranitas. They also offer classes in French, Italian, Chinese, and Thai cuisine and can build a program to specifications either carnivore or vegetarian if you contact them before your trip.
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