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Above: Chef Ruffo Ibarra Arellano is pictured in this undated photo.
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Ruffo Ibarra Arellano is a pedigreed chef.
With his resume, he could be working at some of the fanciest Michelin-star restaurants in the world.
But he chose to be here, running a restaurant in Tijuana instead.
Because Ruffo loves his roots.
And he wants his food to be infused with them.
Obviously, the coronavirus pandemic is … Read more →
Aired: April 8, 2020 | Transcript
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Ruffo Ibarra Arellano is a pedigreed chef.
With his resume, he could be working at some of the fanciest Michelin-star restaurants in the world.
But instead, he chose to return to his border roots and open a restaurant in Tijuana.
Arellano loves his hometown. And a lot of the food he cooks is inspired by the blend of ingredients found in the border land he grew up in.
In a new episode of Only Here, a KPBS podcast about the unexplored subcultures, creativity and struggles at the U.S.-Mexico border, host Alan Lilienthal continues his conversation series by talking to Arellano about how the border has influenced his food and how the chef is navigating the coronoavirus pandemic.
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Source: Thanks https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/apr/09/only-here-podcast-chef-returns-his-border-roots/