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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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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