I always feel quite Jewish but I used to deny it until I was in my twenties.
GILES CORENThe good fortune of my life, which has been to turn those glittering nights into my job, all came from there.
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When I was 16 my dad taught me to drive too. Furiously. Unable to understand why I couldn’t already do it – for driving, to him, was innate in the human. It was what separated us from the apes. And from the French, who weren’t much good at it either.
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In the beginning, we huddled in cities for our own protection.
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The good fortune of my life, which has been to turn those glittering nights into my job, all came from there.
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I think unionization of labour is a great thing.
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The notion of getting pleasure from food has gone too far; we can also get pleasure from anticipating a meal, and from not being quite sated.
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The way I write possibly shouldn’t be turned on serious things.
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My dad was very successful as a journalist, so I didn’t want to be one. I wanted to be a novelist.
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I’m not a mad, crazy foodie. But I have strong opinions and I know a lot about food.
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As drivers desert the city I find myself clinging more and more to my father’s belief that a man without a car is not really a man.
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The first thing I remember is that my dad had a big iron Olivetti typewriter and he worked all night.
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It doesn’t matter how much of a hurry you think you are in. Be one of the people for whom ten minutes does not make a difference.
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How clever am I? I’m really quite clever. I mean, look, I’ve got a first-class degree from Oxford.
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I had become mean and stupid and deliberately hurtful because that is what is expected of restaurant critics. Of critics in general.
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My sister’s also very, very competitive but she is more concerned than I am with being liked. So she hides it away. I try to make my competitiveness part of my charm.
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Gentile smoked salmon is all… muscular and smells of smoke. It’s not very fatty. They don’t understand – smoked salmon should be almost spreadable! So you give them the real stuff and they can’t believe how delicious it is.
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