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    Good Food

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Colonia Publica

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week he reviews Colonia Publica , a “gastro-cantina” in Whittier. Chef Ricardo Diaz’s restaurant specializes in sopa de fideos and micheladas.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Oct 16, 2015 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week he reviews Colonia Publica, a “gastro-cantina” in Whittier. Chef Ricardo Diaz’s restaurant specializes in sopa de fideos and micheladas.

    6715 Greenleaf Ave

    Whittier, CA 90601

    562-693-2621

    You can find all of his restaurant recommendations on the Good Food blog.

    Music: "Home"

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    5. 38:44Dining as Theater: Contemporary Riffs on Past Trends
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    The full episode

    6 of 7
    Remembering Paul Prudhomme, The Jemima Code & Edible Monuments
    1. 0:00Remembering Chef Paul Prudhomme
    2. 7:02Let Them Eat Cake
    3. 17:00The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
    4. 29:57Edible Monuments: The Art of Food for Festivals
    5. 38:44Dining as Theater: Contemporary Riffs on Past Trends
    6. 45:05Jonathan Gold Reviews Colonia PublicaYou’re reading this
    7. 51:37Market Report
    Back to Good Food