KCRW’s Good Food host Evan Kleiman talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer, the late and great Jonathan Gold of The Los Angeles Times about places you may not have tried yet, but ought to.
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A lifetime of friendship with Jonathan Gold
Food & DrinkJournalist Jervey Tervalon remembers his long friendship with late food critic Jonathan Gold in a poem.
Zach Brooks: The impact of Jonathan Gold's review of Vespertine
Food & DrinkZach Brooks talks about what it meant to read Jonathan Gold’s review of Vespertine, one of LA’s more controversial restaurant openings in recent memory.
Tien Nguyen: Jonathan Gold on Nha Trang
Food & DrinkWriter Tien Nguyen remembers when Jonathan Gold defended his love of the San Gabriel Valley noodle shops against critics.
Jonathan Gold's 2007 review of Jitlada
Food & DrinkThis week, we revisit one of Jonathan Gold’s favorite LA establishments, Jitlada.
Mona Holmes: Jonathan Gold's 1989 story on N.W.A.
Food & DrinkBefore Jonathan Gold became the voice of LA’s culinary scene, he was a music writer. Eater’s Mona Holmes recalls Gold’s 1989 LA Weekly feature on N.W.A.
Laura Gabbert: Jonathan Gold's 1992 piece on the LA Riots
Food & Drink“From the stoop of my building, it seemed like a giant block party,” Gold wrote in 1992, just a week after the Los Angeles Riots.
Carolina Miranda on Jonathan's review of Simon LA
Food & DrinkAs we continue to mourn the loss of Jonathan Gold, former colleague Carolina Miranda from the LA Times stopped by to share her favorite Gold review.
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