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Jane Sofia Struthers is a worldwide chef who's cooked (mostly) vegan food on five continents. Rather to go and sightsee, she travels to speak to the locals and learn their cuisines. Here's her mulitlingual take on being both a chef and a "digital nomad":
The United States is a melting pot, no? With a friend in Minneapolis I made chapatti right here in North America, just like the Pakistanis do.
Eu fui para o Brasil, aprendi o português, e cozinhei lá na América do Sul.
Nilienda Kenya, nilijifunza lugha, na nilipika huko Afrika kama mwAfrica mwenyewe (juu ya moto).
Aqui estoy tratando (y fracasando) de preparar un plato keniano para mi amiga chilena en Faro, en Europa. (Disculpe el idioma. A pesar de estar en Portugal estábamos hablando en el castellano.)
And I've cooked in Asia, chapatti in Pakistan. But, no, I don't speak Urdu.
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