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    Good Food

    Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants for 2015

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. Every year, he publishes his picks for the 101 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles . Here's what he has to say about this year's Top 20. Photo by Marie Astrid Gonzalez Music: "These Streets" by Bastille

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    By Evan Kleiman • Nov 6, 2015 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. Every year, he publishes his picks for the 101 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles. Here's what he has to say about this year's Top 20.

    Photo by Marie Astrid Gonzalez

    Music: "These Streets" by Bastille

    The full episode

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    Jonathan Gold's 101, Apples of the Future, Is Seaweed the New Kale?
    1. 0:00Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants for 2015You’re reading this
    2. 7:44One-Pan Pasta
    3. 16:00Is Seaweed the New Kale?
    4. 23:59Superiority Burger
    5. 33:24Introducing Cosmic Crisp, the Apple of the Future
    6. 42:11Washington Apples Head to China
    7. 49:40Market Report
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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    The full episode

    1 of 7
    Jonathan Gold's 101, Apples of the Future, Is Seaweed the New Kale?
    1. 0:00Jonathan Gold's 101 Best Restaurants for 2015You’re reading this
    2. 7:44One-Pan Pasta
    3. 16:00Is Seaweed the New Kale?
    4. 23:59Superiority Burger
    5. 33:24Introducing Cosmic Crisp, the Apple of the Future
    6. 42:11Washington Apples Head to China
    7. 49:40Market Report
    Back to Good Food