Good Food on the Road

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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.

  1. 09/21/2018

    A lifetime of friendship with Jonathan Gold

    Journalist Jervey Tervalon remembers his long friendship with late food critic Jonathan Gold in a poem.

    5 min

  2. 09/07/2018

    Zach Brooks: The impact of Jonathan Gold's review of Vespertine

    Zach 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.

    5 min

  3. 08/31/2018

    Tien Nguyen: Jonathan Gold on Nha Trang

    Writer Tien Nguyen remembers when Jonathan Gold defended his love of the San Gabriel Valley noodle shops against critics.

    5 min

  4. 08/24/2018

    Jonathan Gold's 2007 review of Jitlada

    This week, we revisit one of Jonathan Gold’s favorite LA establishments, Jitlada. Home to some of the spiciest Southern Thai cuisine around, the Hollywood restaurant is a must-visit institution.

    5 min

  5. 08/17/2018

    Daniel Hernandez: Jonathan Gold on El Parian

    L.A. Taco’s Daniel Hernandez recalls leading Jonathan Gold on a taco crawl through Guadalajara and how Gold’s photographic memory of street tacos in Mexico informed his review of El Parian in Los Angeles.

    5 min

  6. 08/10/2018

    Mona Holmes: Jonathan Gold's 1989 story on N.W.A.

    Before 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.

    5 min

  7. 08/03/2018

    Laura Gabbert: Jonathan Gold's 1992 piece on the LA Riots

    “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. “City of Gold” filmmaker Laura Gabbert shares what this piece meant to her.

    5 min

  8. 07/27/2018

    Carolina Miranda on Jonathan's review of Simon LA

    As 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.

    5 min
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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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  • Creator
    KCRW
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2018
  • Episodes
    382
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © KCRW 2024
  • Show Website
    Good Food on the Road

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