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    Good Food

    Gail Simmons on Canadian Cuisine

    Gail Simmons is best known as a judge on Bravo's hit reality show Top Chef . She's also the special projects director at Food & Wine magazine and the author of a recent memoir Talking with My Mouth Full . She discusses growing up in a food-centric home, what it was like to work for Jeffrey Steingarten and the food of her native Canada.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Gail Simmons

    is best known as a judge on Bravo's hit reality show

    Top Chef

    . She's also the special projects director at

    Food & Wine

    magazine and the author of a recent memoir

    Talking with My Mouth Full.

    The full episode

    3 of 7
    Gail Simmons; Soul Food; the Flavors of Trinidad
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:17Soul Food Junkies
    3. 15:29Gail Simmons on Canadian CuisineYou’re reading this
    4. 27:22Rustic Italian Finds a Home in Venice
    5. 34:28How Birthdays Are Celebrated around the World
    6. 42:39Do We Lose Taste Buds as We Grow Older?
    7. 49:24The Flavors of Trinidad
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Sarah Rogozen

      Associate Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    3 of 7
    Gail Simmons; Soul Food; the Flavors of Trinidad
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:17Soul Food Junkies
    3. 15:29Gail Simmons on Canadian CuisineYou’re reading this
    4. 27:22Rustic Italian Finds a Home in Venice
    5. 34:28How Birthdays Are Celebrated around the World
    6. 42:39Do We Lose Taste Buds as We Grow Older?
    7. 49:24The Flavors of Trinidad
    Back to Good Food