Good Food on the Road

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. 

  • 4 minutes 58 seconds
    A lifetime of friendship with Jonathan Gold

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

    21 September 2018, 11:44 pm
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    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.

    7 September 2018, 11:44 pm
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    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.

    31 August 2018, 11:44 pm
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    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.

    24 August 2018, 11:44 pm
  • 4 minutes 55 seconds
    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.

    17 August 2018, 11:44 pm
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    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.

    10 August 2018, 11:44 pm
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    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.

    3 August 2018, 11:44 pm
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    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.

    27 July 2018, 11:44 pm
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    Jonathan Gold praises Travis Lett's dive into Japanese gastropub fare at MTN in Venice

    Nancy Singleton Hachisu has called Travis Lett’s latest opening “the most Japanese restaurant in America.” LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold explains why.

    29 June 2018, 11:44 pm
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    Jonathan Gold turns up the heat at Chongqing Special Noodles

    Jonathan Gold finds thin, bouncy noodles covered in spicy Sichuan peppercorn sauce at Chongqing Special Noodles in San Gabriel.

    22 June 2018, 11:44 pm
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    Remembering Jonathan Gold's favorite food flicks

    In some of Jonathan Gold’s favorite culinary-centric films, food isn’t always as it seems.

    8 June 2018, 11:44 pm
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