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Gail Simmons

I had decided I wanted to write about food, and I knew the only way to do that is to speak with authority, which meant learning the language and knowing what that experience is like.

Gail Simmons

Experience

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Gail Simmons means that to write confidently about food, she needed to understand the subject deeply by gaining firsthand knowledge and using the proper terminology. This involved immersing herself in food culture and experiences to speak with genuine expertise.

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