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    Good Food

    Bakersfield, CA

    This week, Jonathan Gold takes us on a road trip to Bakersfield .  Jonathan is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly .

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    This week, Jonathan Gold takes us on a road trip to Bakersfield. Jonathan is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly. He likes to eat family style at The Noriega Hotel, sip Picon Punch at the Pyrenees, have ice cream at Dewar's, and Italian-American fare at Luigi's.

    Noriega Hotel

    (661) 322-8419

    Pyrenees

    Bakersfield

    (661) 323-0053

    Dewar's

    Bakersfield, CA

    (661) 322-0933

    Luigi's

    Bakersfield, CA

    (661) 322-0926

    All of Jonathan Gold's restaurant suggestions are on the Good Food Restaurant Map.

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    Summer Travel; Homemade Ice Cream; Blenheim Apricots
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 8:24Bogota, Colombia
    3. 15:33Rome, Italy
    4. 20:06Vietnam
    5. 27:42China
    6. 33:34Bhutan
    7. 40:50Bakersfield, CAYou’re reading this
    8. 51:12The Great Subcontinent
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    The full episode

    7 of 8
    Summer Travel; Homemade Ice Cream; Blenheim Apricots
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 8:24Bogota, Colombia
    3. 15:33Rome, Italy
    4. 20:06Vietnam
    5. 27:42China
    6. 33:34Bhutan
    7. 40:50Bakersfield, CAYou’re reading this
    8. 51:12The Great Subcontinent
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