This week, let’s extend a bit to culture. Have you tried cooking a dish from your target language’s culture? If you don’t have time to go all out on a full-fledged recipe, order out a meal you haven’t tried before.

I like to have weekly, broad, ‘international’ themes at home sometimes, where if I am making empanadas, I’ll put on Spanish [Argentine] music. If I am making samosas, I’ll stream a radio station from India. If I am making spaghetti, I’ll listen to Italian. If I order in sushi, I’ll watch a show in Japanese with English subtitles. Surround yourself with the language AND culture. Language is more than words!

EXTRA: Check out radio.garden to stream radio stations from anywhere in the world (all of the green dots are cities). Click HERE for recipes from Spanish-speaking countries.