A Quote by Gil Marks

We can all be defined by food.

Gil Marks

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Defined Food

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Gil Marks
American - Writer
May 30, 1952 - December 5, 2014

While I felt very much a Southerner as a child, being Jewish gave me an outsider's perspective. People look at region in a variety of ways, and I always paid attention to food. Food rises above other things for me. From a young age, I saw food as a barometer of cultural identity, and I was fascinated by how people defined themselves through their food traditions.

Marcie Cohen Ferris

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Jim Harrison

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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.

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