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    Jonathan Gold's Favorite Cocktails in Los Angeles

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week he shares some of his favorite LA cocktails, from the gin and juice at Roy Choi's Commissary to the Spritz at The Normandie Club in Downtown LA. See more of his cocktail coverage in the LA Times . Music: "Fever" by the Three Suns

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 11, 2015 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times. This week he shares some of his favorite LA cocktails, from the gin and juice at Roy Choi's Commissary to the Spritz at The Normandie Club in Downtown LA.

    See more of his cocktail coverage in the LA Times.

    Music: "Fever" by the Three Suns

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    The full episode

    3 of 6
    The Legacy of Jerry Thomas, Tiki Mania, LA's Best Cocktails
    1. 0:00Tiki Then and Now
    2. 17:38Meet Jerry Thomas, America's Most Famous Bartender
    3. 26:32Jonathan Gold's Favorite Cocktails in Los AngelesYou’re reading this
    4. 35:13Jews and Muslim Spark Conversation over Mocktails
    5. 41:48As Industry Grows, Craft Brewers Fight to Stand Out
    6. 49:21Market Report
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