A Quote by Gil Marks

One of the keys to Jewish culinary history is that the Jewish role was not so much innovation but transition and transformation.

Gil Marks

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Culinary History Innovation Jewish Keys Much Role Transformation Transition

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

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