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Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/20-2/24

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "So much can happen between two slices of bread." 10 Best Sandwiches in Los Angeles. "Maybe Jazz will give you some more Thai tea and pat your hand. Maybe Matt Groening will draw on your napkin." 5 Stages of Grief: The Jonat ... More >>

Jonathan Gold's 99 Essential Restaurants, in Rap Form

Jonathan Gold's 99 Essential Restaurants, mapped (not rapped)​Wow ... just, wow. We're so glad someone out there was able to cheer us up about Jonathan Gold's impending departure with this hilarious (and, may we say, exquisitely crafted) rap tribute to the Pulitzer Prize winner's list of 99 Es ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Is Leaving the L.A. Weekly

Mr. Gold, we hardly knew thee.Anne Fishbein​Yes, it's true. The Weekly's longtime food critic, Jonathan Gold, has accepted a job with the L.A. Times. He'll be leaving here in a few weeks. We're sad to see him go, as Gold is not just the first -- and only -- food critic to win a Pulitzer Prize ... More >>

And Now, A Brief Message From Jonathan Gold

Screenshot of Jonathan Gold's Twitter page​

Drinkify: A New Site Pairs Music and Drinks, or Guns N' Roses, Bourbon Red Bull

​Seven months ago, we wrote about Hot Knives and the duo's scientific approach to pairing music and beer. The two local chloggers (chefs bloggers) stuck to craft beers, which prompted Jonathan Gold to chime in with a comment: "I like craft beers and handmade bitters as much as the next guy, ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/7-11/11

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "In true Bourdain fashion, he gave us an straight answer. 'You know, I don't really care.'" Anthony Bourdain on The Layover, L.A. and Jonathan Gold. "The first thing you need to know about Attari ... More >>

Jonathan Gold: Ban Shark Fin Soup

Guzzle & NoshA model of a hammerhead shark hangs above the bar at Maui & Sons in Hollywood.​Like Tracy Morgan on "30 Rock," we try to live every week like it's Shark Week. We don't, however, live every week like it's Shark Fin Soup Week. In today's Los Angeles Times, Jonathan Gold pens an op ... More >>

[Updated:] LA Weekly's First Annual Pancake Breakfast

Flickr/stormgrasspancakes​ Update: 7/25, 2:30 p.m. A few more people will be cooking your pancake breakfast next month. Specifically, Salt's Cure, 101 Noodle Express and Glowfish Truck. Which should help answer some pressing questions about bacon. The issue of coffee is also coming into focus, ... More >>

Your Counter Intelligence Preview: In Which Mr. Gold Visits Steingarten

Anne FishbeinSteingarten's bratwurst with sauerkraut​ Summer is almost upon us and that is good enough reason to drink more beer, as if you needed one. With or without bratwurst. With or without baseball. And thus to this week's Counter Intelligence and Jonathan Gold's review of Steingarten, t ... More >>

And Now, A Brief Message From Jonathan Gold

Screenshot of Jonathan Gold's Twitter page​

L.A. Times Wins Pulitzer For Bell Coverage; LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold is a Finalist

L.A. Times is winning.​The Los Angeles Times won the most-prestigious Pulitzer Prize today -- the public service award -- given to the paper for breaking and investigating the city of Bell's salary scandal. The paper also won the photography award for feature shots on the aftermath of violent ... More >>

Pulitzer Prizes Announced: Jonathan Gold Almost Wins (Again)

No, Jonathan Gold has not won a second Pulitzer, but he's come pretty damn close. As the Weekly's editor Drex Heikes just emailed us all: Jonathan Gold was one of the three finalists this year for the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, Columbia University just announced. The prize went to Boston Globe ... More >>

Got a Question for Our Film Critic? Announcing the Debut of "Ask Karina"

​ Following in the footsteps of LA Weekly's esteemed food critic Jonathan Gold, who writes the entertaining "Ask Mr. Gold" column, our film critic Karina Longworth (who wrote this week's great cover story on Kevin Smith) would like to announce the debut of her own question-and-answer feature, ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold: Take Two Down, Pass 'em Around

​Dear Mr. Gold: My fiancee and I are trying to eat everything on your 99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die list, but we noticed that a couple of of the restaurants have closed down: Anisette Brasserie and Pho Bac. Can you suggest restaurants to replace these two? --Joseph Saranglao

2011 JBF Journalism Awards Nominees: Jonathan Gold, Patric Kuh

James Beard Foundation​Less than half an hour ago, the James Beard Foundation announced the nominees for the 2011 JBF Journalism Awards, and the Weekly's own Jonathan Gold earned two nods (for Food-Related Feature and for the M.F.K. Fisher award) as did Los Angeles magazine restaurant critic ... More >>

Red Medicine's Medicine

James Beard Foundation​Less than half an hour ago, the James Beard Foundation announced the nominees for the 2011 JBF Journalism Awards, and the Weekly's own Jonathan Gold earned two nods (for Food-Related Feature and for the M.F.K. Fisher award) as did Los Angeles magazine restaurant critic ... More >>

Two Cheers for Anonymity

Red Medicine panicked in outing Times' Virbila, but did no lasting harm

Top 10 Food Fights of 2010: Jonathan Gold, Rick Bayless, Whales More

Finger Food/L.A. Weekly Flickr Pool​Whether it involved whales vs. sushi chefs, critics vs. chefs or Jonathan Gold vs. "fill in the blank", 2010 was huge for food fights in Los Angeles. Here are the 10 most memorable tiffs of the year, the ones that set the Twitterverse afire. 1) The Cove Tea ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 12/6-12/10

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "When you see how they react to the live octopus tentacles at Masan or the pig ear chicharrones at Lazy Ox Canteen, you may have a better idea of how they might handle the idea of babysitting triplets or a sudden move to Icel ... More >>

Got A Question for the Expert? Pretend You're a New Yorker Staff Writer & Ask Mr. Gold

Got a culinary question? Ask Jonathan Gold. You'd think he'd get an avalanche of esoteric, pithy or just downright necessary questions, now wouldn't you? Not as many as you'd think. Send an email to askmrgold@laweekly.com or tweet him your question @thejgold. Come on, pretend you're Dana Goodyear fo ... More >>

Got A Question for the Expert? Pretend You're a New Yorker Staff Writer & Ask Mr. Gold

Got a culinary question? Ask Jonathan Gold. You'd think he'd get an avalanche of esoteric, pithy or just downright necessary questions, now wouldn't you? Not as many as you'd think. Send an email to askmrgold@laweekly.com or tweet him your question @thejgold. Come on, pretend you're Dana Goodyear fo ... More >>

TWO WHITE GUYS SITTING AROUND TALKING

Got a culinary question? Ask Jonathan Gold. You'd think he'd get an avalanche of esoteric, pithy or just downright necessary questions, now wouldn't you? Not as many as you'd think. Send an email to askmrgold@laweekly.com or tweet him your question @thejgold. Come on, pretend you're Dana Goodyear fo ... More >>

Hammer Conversation

Got a culinary question? Ask Jonathan Gold. You'd think he'd get an avalanche of esoteric, pithy or just downright necessary questions, now wouldn't you? Not as many as you'd think. Send an email to askmrgold@laweekly.com or tweet him your question @thejgold. Come on, pretend you're Dana Goodyear fo ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/1-11/5

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "I'm the guy who cooks red beans and rice or quail and grapes for 10, and then realizes that he has forgotten to invite anybody to dinner." Ask Mr. Gold: Cooking With the Critic, Or The Top 10 Most Battered Cookbooks in Jonat ... More >>

Got A Question for the Expert? Pretend You're a New Yorker Staff Writer & Ask Mr. Gold

Got a culinary question? Ask Jonathan Gold. You'd think he'd get an avalanche of esoteric, pithy or just downright necessary questions, now wouldn't you? Not as many as you'd think. Send an email to askmrgold@laweekly.com or tweet him your question @thejgold. Come on, pretend you're Dana Goodyear fo ... More >>

Got A Question for the Expert? Pretend You're a New Yorker Staff Writer & Ask Mr. Gold

Got a culinary question? Ask Jonathan Gold. You'd think he'd get an avalanche of esoteric, pithy or just downright necessary questions, now wouldn't you? Not as many as you'd think. Send an email to askmrgold@laweekly.com or tweet him your question @thejgold. Come on, pretend you're Dana Goodyear fo ... More >>

Get Out Your Prohibition-era Outfit: Jonathan Gold's Speakeasy Cocktail Party is Saturday Night

ZocaloMr. Gold and company talking shop in 2009 at Union Station​ Time to get out the flapper dresses, the Prohibition-era whatsits, the hipper-than-thou suspenders and cloche hats and sparkly bits, and head on down to Union Station (please God, take the Metro) this Saturday night for Jonathan ... More >>

Are Celebrity Chefs Good for Food?

ZocaloMr. Gold and company talking shop in 2009 at Union Station​ Time to get out the flapper dresses, the Prohibition-era whatsits, the hipper-than-thou suspenders and cloche hats and sparkly bits, and head on down to Union Station (please God, take the Metro) this Saturday night for Jonathan ... More >>

Got A Question for the Expert? Pretend You're a New Yorker Staff Writer & Ask Mr. Gold

Got a culinary question? Ask Jonathan Gold. You'd think he'd get an avalanche of esoteric, pithy or just downright necessary questions, now wouldn't you? Not as many as you'd think. Send an email to askmrgold@laweekly.com or tweet him your question @thejgold. Come on, pretend you're Dana Goodyear fo ... More >>

Zócalo Seafood Discussion Tonight: Maybe Eat Sushi Another Night

Anne Fishbeintoro, yellowtail, uni, albacore, wild scallop at Kiyokawa​ A reminder to maybe put down your chopsticks (omakase) and your TV remote (CNN) tonight and consider heading over to the Skirball Center for the Zócalo discussion: Will Seafood Soon Be a Delicacy? Jonathan Gold, his brot ... More >>

Will Seafood Soon Become a Delicacy?: A Zócalo Discussion with Jonathan Gold

Jonathan Gold has recommended ordering dishes such as Urasawa's high-priced and rare Fugu sashimi as one of the 99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die, and has reviewed classic edo-mae sushi at Takami, as well as countless other seafood dishes around town. But on July 7th, Gold won't be talking abo ... More >>

Jonathan Gold LAFF Artist in Residence: Udon, The Movie

What do Paul Ruben, Jonathan Gold, and Quincy Jones have in common? They are all Artists in Residence at the LA Film Festival (LAFF) this year. Each was asked to select a film that has inspired his work: Jones will present The Color Purple, by Steven Spielberg; Reubens offers up You Can't Take It W ... More >>

Golden Fridays on KCRW

Zocalo Public SquareEvan Kleiman, Ruth Reichl, Jonathan Gold and Laurie Ochoa at the Skirball in January​ You won't find KCRW's Good Food host Evan Kleiman and LA Weekly's Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold on Saturday mornings when you usually expect them, but you will find them ... More >>

James Beard Media & Book Awards Announced: The Winners

​The James Beard Foundation has announced the winners of the 2010 James Beard Foundation Media & Book Awards. The Restaurant and Chef awards will be announced tonight. The Weekly's longtime restaurant critic Jonathan Gold has won the Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviews award. Cook ... More >>

Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: --Jonathan Gold, Eric Alperin, Mark Peel and more on the best dining neighborhoods of 2009. [EaterLA] --Early '90s flashback for the LA Times Test Kitchen. [Daily Dish] --Anthony Bourdain pays tri ... More >>

Breaking News: Jonathan Gold Eats Sandwich in Guadalajara

There's writing about food and there's writing about food writers and then there comes the lofty point of your career at which you go to a city and just eating a sandwich makes the headlines. Here's the front page of the Jalisco Mural. Scroll down to read documentation of Jonathan Gold's recent trip ... More >>

The Gastronomist: Jonathan Gold Profiled in The New Yorker

You knew it was only a matter of time before The New Yorker profiled Jonathan Gold, and next week Dana Goodyear's terrific story, The Scavenger, hits the newsstands. Read an excerpt of Goodyear's profile on the New Yorker website, or wait for the print edition. (Don't even try to read the screenshot ... More >>

Well-Preserved: Playa del Rey, Ennio Morricone and the L.A. Burrito

You knew it was only a matter of time before The New Yorker profiled Jonathan Gold, and next week Dana Goodyear's terrific story, The Scavenger, hits the newsstands. Read an excerpt of Goodyear's profile on the New Yorker website, or wait for the print edition. (Don't even try to read the screenshot ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Talks Regional Cuisine at the Mark Taper Auditorium

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, incognito​This Saturday morning LA Weekly restaurant critic Jonathan Gold will be giving a talk, "The Rise of Regional Cuisines in the San Gabriel Valley," at the Los Angeles Central Library's Mark Taper Auditorium. The talk is presented by the Culinary His ... More >>

Gold’s 99: Where’s the Fire?

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, incognito​This Saturday morning LA Weekly restaurant critic Jonathan Gold will be giving a talk, "The Rise of Regional Cuisines in the San Gabriel Valley," at the Los Angeles Central Library's Mark Taper Auditorium. The talk is presented by the Culinary His ... More >>

BBQ Redux: What You Could Have Grilled Over the Holiday Weekend

If you're working at home today, telecommuting from your lawn chair in order to avoid the motorcades and grieving masses, the stalled traffic and barricades around Staples Center, then you might want to consider barbecuing for dinner.

Ask Mr. Gold About ... Barbecue Suggestions Beyond Burgers and Overdone Chicken

I've probably been to a dozen barbecues at friends' houses in the last month, and the routine of burgers and overdone chicken is getting a little old. Any suggestions for my own barbecue? And please don't point me towards any of your beloved organ meats.

Burrito Battle Continues: The Beef Leads Back to Gold -- SFist Editor Not-So-Secretly Admits LA Burritos are Better

This week's Ask Mr. Gold has ignited an intrastate burrito battle that seems founded more on geographical pride than tortilla fillings. If there's one thing we've learned from the overwhelming response to Gold's burrito ode, it's that other cities have more than a bit of burrito envy. San Francisco' ... More >>

Emergency Response: Ambulance Feature Continues to Inspire

Plus, on Patrick Range McDonald’s Queer Town, Jonathan Gold, and our L.A. Infrastructure story

Ask Mr. Gold About ... Dutch Babies. Marion Cunningham's Hot and High and Mighty German Pancakes

What Jonathan Gold ate for breakfast this weekend -- a hot Dutch baby with powdered sugar and a squeeze of Meyer lemonDear Mr. Gold,          When I was growing up in the Midwest, I was very fond of what they used to call German pancakes or Dutch babies, puffy pancakes, as big as Mylar ballo ... More >>

The Return of Ask Mr. Gold: Looking for Beijing Duck -- Lu Din Gee Is Now Duck House

Editor's Note: The debut of Squid Ink, LA Weekly's new food blog, also marks the return of Ask Mr. Gold, which went on hiatus at the beginning of this year. Our Pulitzer-prize-winning critic Jonathan Gold is available once more to take your questions. Read his answers here on Squid Ink, before they ... More >>

KCRW Guest DJ Project Features Jonathan Gold This Week

KCRW's ever-illuminating Guest DJ Project, which this year alone has featured Danny Boyle, Zach Braff and Sara Vowell, among others, this week offers the LA Weekly's Pulitzer-Prize-winning food editor and former music editor Jonathan Gold, who picks five tracks to share with listeners.

GOLD DIGGER?

KCRW's ever-illuminating Guest DJ Project, which this year alone has featured Danny Boyle, Zach Braff and Sara Vowell, among others, this week offers the LA Weekly's Pulitzer-Prize-winning food editor and former music editor Jonathan Gold, who picks five tracks to share with listeners.