Good Food on the Road

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**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.

Latest Episodes:

A lifetime of friendship with Jonathan Gold Sep 21, 2018

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Journalist 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 Sep 07, 2018

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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.

Tien Nguyen: Jonathan Gold on Nha Trang Aug 31, 2018

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Writer 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 Aug 24, 2018

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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.

Daniel Hernandez: Jonathan Gold on El Parian Aug 17, 2018

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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.

Mona Holmes: Jonathan Gold's 1989 story on N.W.A. Aug 10, 2018

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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.

Laura Gabbert: Jonathan Gold's 1992 piece on the LA Riots Aug 03, 2018

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“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.

Carolina Miranda on Jonathan's review of Simon LA Jul 27, 2018

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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.

Jonathan Gold praises Travis Lett's dive into Japanese gastropub fare at MTN in Venice Jun 29, 2018

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

Jonathan Gold turns up the heat at Chongqing Special Noodles Jun 22, 2018

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