Good Food
City of Gold, The Story of Starry Kitchen, Montana’s Lentil Underground
Jonathan Gold is the subject of a new documentary City of Gold that premiered at Sundance this week. We’ll talk to the director about the making of the film. Plus, Jonathan Gold discusses the official end of his anonymity and we hear from Nguyen Tran of Starry Kitchen who launched one of the most ambitious Kickstarter campaign’s the restaurant world has ever seen.
By Evan Kleiman • • 57m ListenJonathan Gold is the subject of a new documentary City of Gold that premiered at Sundance this week. We’ll talk to the director about the making of the film. Plus, Jonathan Gold discusses the official end of his anonymity and we hear from Nguyen Tran of Starry Kitchen who launched one of the most ambitious Kickstarter campaign’s the restaurant world has ever seen.
Banner Image: Jonathan Gold; Credit: Duston Todd
In this episode
7 storiesCity of Gold - A Documentary about Jonathan Gold
Laura Gabbert is the director of City of Gold , a documentary film profiling Los Angeles restaurant critic Jonathan Gold. The film premiered this week at Sundance.
Read the story9 minDoes Anonymity Really Matter for Restaurant Critics?
As he prepares for his big screen debut in City of Gold, Pulitzer Prize winning food writer Jonathan Gold discusses the pros and cons of anonymity. He wrote about the issue in a cover story for the Los Angeles Times.
Read the story5 minThe Dinner Party has Gone Digital with New Meal-Sharing Apps
Jonathan Kauffman is a features writer for the San Francisco Chronicle’s Food Section. He explores the recent explosion of meal-sharing apps which aim to bring the sharing economy to underground supper clubs.
Read the story7 minStarry Kitchen Goes to Kickstarter to Save Their Restaurant
When Nguyen Tran and his wife Thi opened Starry Kitchen it was a part time restaurant operating out of their tiny apartment in North Hollywood.
Read the story10 minRenegade Farmers and the Lentil Underground
In her book Lentil Underground , Liz Carlisle profiles David Oien, a renegade farmer in Conrad, Montana who is looking to fix the food system with lentils.
Read the story8 minMarket Report
Laura Avery is the market manager for the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market . This week she talks to chef Nyesha Arrington about how she’s using citrus; plus, farmer Greg Nauda of Rocky Canyon explains how he decided to start selling pet food in addition to his grass fed meat at the Wednesday farmers’ market.
Read the story8 minThe Stigma of Fast Food
When we think of convenience food several words come to mind - fast, cheap, unhealthy. What if we could take those adjectives out of the equation? Would we still have a hankering for those quick meals if they were nutritious? There is a notion of virtue that comes with the thought of a homecooked meal.
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