Emily Liedel is a writer, amateur chef, polyglot, and global traveler who is fascinated by the intersection of food and culture. She has spent time living and eating in Switzerland, Russia, Spain, France and China. She is an editor at Worldcrunch, where she writes a weekly newsletter covering smart ideas in urbanism from around the world. She shares her insights into language learning, travel and foreign cuisines on her blog, The Babel Times and in Beyond Bilingual, her ebook on language learning.