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2004 Stories by Jonathan Gold

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  • Thirteen Ways of Looking at Nirvana

    published April 1, 2004

    Photo by Charles Peterson 1. A friend’s East Village studio somewhere in July 1989. Nirvana, who had slept on the floor, are pissed... More >>

  • Ask Mr. Gold

    published March 25, 2004

    QUESTION: The French dip is often written about in Los Angeles as if it were a religion or something, as if we were so damned... More >>

  • A Slab of Crab

    published March 25, 2004

    Photo by Anne Fishbein The best single bite of anything I’ve tasted all year was probably the crab sushi at... More >>

  • Ask Mr. Gold

    published March 18, 2004

    QUESTION: After reading your review of Sapp, we felt like our secret had been discovered. It is like so many good,... More >>

  • It Takes Two To Fritanga

    published March 18, 2004

    Photo by Anne Fishbein Behold, the fritanga plate in all its magnificence, a crunchy tower of protein and shaved green bananas... More >>

  • The Great White Shark...Casserole

    published March 11, 2004

    Photo by Anne Fishbein Of the scores of redevelopment projects south of downtown Los Angeles, my favorite may be Mercado La... More >>

  • Among the Believers

    published March 4, 2004

    Photo by Anne Fishbein The Iranian community in Los Angeles is a massive entity, with miles of Farsi-language signs on... More >>

  • Ask Mr. Gold

    published March 4, 2004

    QUESTION: I’ve always admired your taste in food. Could you suggest the tastiest, spiciest, most intense food... More >>

  • Number Wonton

    published February 26, 2004

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  • Ask Mr. Gold

    published February 26, 2004

    QUESTION: Where in the Greater L.A. area can you go for real pupusas? And no, pupusas filled with Monterey jack don’t count... More >>

  • Monster Burrito

    published February 19, 2004

    Photo by Anne Fishbein Where traffic begins to thin and the Westside starts to flatten out into the Ballona Wetlands, at... More >>

  • Ask Mr. Gold

    published February 19, 2004

    Question: In the three years I’ve been living here, it has only just occurred to me: Where is the damned beef jerky? And I don... More >>

  • Maria Had a Little Lamb

    published February 12, 2004

    Photo by Anne Fishbein El Borrego de Oro is a café hard by the doughnut shop in an Eastside mini-mall, a cramped storefront dominated by... More >>

  • Koreatown's Top 40

    published February 5, 2004

    Photos by Raul Vegaand Anthony Allen Twenty-odd years ago, I lived in a neighborhood that was then called Wilshire Center, in a large... More >>

  • Mr. Baguette Takes on Mr. Lee

    published January 29, 2004

    Photos by Anne Fishbein Henry Ford applied the concept of the assembly line to automobile manufacture; August Escoffier to the... More >>

  • Ask Mr. Gold

    published January 29, 2004

    QUESTION: I must ask you a question that has been bothering me for quite some time now. Last year I had dinner at Valentino with... More >>

  • Ask Mr. Gold

    published January 22, 2004

    QUESTION: You’ve hinted at authentic Sichuan restaurants in Monterey Park. Could you please provide more information... More >>

  • Keep on Trucking

    published January 22, 2004

    Photo by Anne Fishbein For a long time now, the busiest Eastside taquerías have planted lunch wagons in their parking... More >>

  • Two Guys Walk Into a Bar . . .

    published January 15, 2004

    Photo by Anne Fishbein My friend Robert Sietsema, co-founder of the Organ Meat Society and editor of the food zine... More >>

  • Ask Mr. Gold

    published January 15, 2004

    QUESTION: When I was in Honolulu a few weeks ago, I had my mind blown by something called loco moco, a weird and filling breakfast dish ... More >>

  • Mission Accomplished

    published January 8, 2004

    Photo by Anne Fishbein Mission 261, the latest dim sum megalopolis in San Gabriel, may be the most ambitious Chinese... More >>

  • Ask Mr. Gold

    published January 8, 2004

    QUESTION: On the Sawtelle Boulevard strip, near the two Giant Robot stores and pretty much in the middle of the Westside’s Little... More >>

  • Ask Mr. Gold

    published January 1, 2004

    QUESTION: I think I may need a primer here. I’ve tried to get a simple meal of steamed tilapia from the live tank,... More >>

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