Gil Marks

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

My family is notorious for its sweet tooth.

I have been collecting recipes and information for over 20 years, but three years ago, my editor said to me, 'You're a walking encyclopedia of food, so why don't you do an encyclopedia?'

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.

Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.