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jonathan gold

@thejgold

The belly of Los Angeles. @LATimes restaurant critic.

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Joined August 2009
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Review: At Middle Eastern restaurants, it all starts with hummus. Jonathan Gold says Bavel's is...

Review: At Middle Eastern restaurants, it all starts with hummus. Jonathan Gold says Bavel's is...

The seriousness of a Middle Eastern restaurant rests in its hummus.

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Potatoes . . . you could read about potatoes . . . lat.ms/2JxYQqU
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Andrea Nguyen@aqnguyen9 Jun 2018
How much did Bourdain impacted Viet food? His obituary headline in one of the oldest Vietnamese language papers in America— “Chef Who Ate Bun Cha with President Obama in Hanoi Commits Suicide.” RIP anh #Bourdain nguoi-viet.com/hoa-ky/tong-t…
Đầu bếp từng ăn bún chả với TT Obama ở Hà Nội tự tử

Đầu bếp từng ăn bún chả với TT Obama ở Hà Nội tự tử

Đầu bếp Anthony Bourdain, người từng ngồi ăn bún chả với Tổng Thống Barack Obama ở Hà Nội hồi năm 2016 vừa từ tử.

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Lovely take on Brooklyn pho cosmopolitanism, with a shoutout to @BrodardCA xitter.cf/robertsietsema/status/…
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Di An Di offers NYC a first taste of Houston style pho ny.eater.com/2018/6/5/174091…
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that's the tampon logo, you guys. xitter.cf/IHOP/status/1003682801…
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For 60 pancakin’ years, we’ve been IHOP. Now, we’re flippin’ our name to IHOb. Find out what it could b on 6.11.18. #IHOb
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Perhaps you would like to read a restaurant review this morning. lat.ms/2J8Tcvh
Review: Jonathan Gold keeps returning to Chong Qing Special Noodles for hard-rocking heat

Review: Jonathan Gold keeps returning to Chong Qing Special Noodles for hard-rocking heat

Did you make it to the Sichuan Summit, the panel, involving many of L.A.’s best Sichuan restaurateurs, that The Times put on as part of Food Bowl?

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It's #InternationalDonutDay - do vadas count?
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If you are inclined to read a restaurant review this morning, I have a suggestion! lat.ms/2J88FPG
Review: Jonathan Gold finds Travis Lett's izakaya MTN to be Peak Venice — and pretty Japanese too

Review: Jonathan Gold finds Travis Lett's izakaya MTN to be Peak Venice — and pretty Japanese too

Is there a more Venice restaurant than MTN, the throbbing izakaya on Abbot Kinney?

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The @CityOfGoldDoc is playing at the Wiltern tonight at 7. Maybe you would like to see it? I'll be chatting afterward with Laura Gabbert, Jazz Singnasong and Genet Agonafer about things that taste good. bit.ly/2s2jkR5
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Perhaps you would like to read a restaurant review this morning. lat.ms/2IBCvs3
Review: Jonathan Gold beholds the brisket spectacle at Freedman's, a Jewish-ish deli in Echo Park

Review: Jonathan Gold beholds the brisket spectacle at Freedman's, a Jewish-ish deli in Echo Park

Liz Johnson, the chef at the new Echo Park delicatessen Freedman’s, has put in time at Noma, the Michelin two-starred L’Effervescence in Tokyo, and the tiny New York brasserie Mimi.

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Happy to be included on a timeline extending from Rosalind Krauss to @tejucole xitter.cf/eronrauch/status/99355…
Eron Rauch (@eronrauch) profile pictureEron Rauch@eronrauch7 May 2018
What are critics good for anyway, especially in video games? Well, I wasn't sure either, so I took a spin through the history of criticism to see what we could learn. zam.com/article/1696/the-rev… @thejgold @tejucole
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Some pretty good food movies. lat.ms/2JXGK1o
Jonathan Gold recommends 10 food-centric films

Jonathan Gold recommends 10 food-centric films

A few years ago, I was asked to sit on the dissertation committee of a young woman whose academic obsession was cannibal movies and their place in the culture.

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5 days until our #lafoodbowl tribute to #LA icon chef Tui Sungkamee @thelinehotel! And we've added some special guests: Matt Groening, @PhilRosenthal, @thejgold, @LangersDeli, Wim Thai, The Bellweather LA, @PizzeriaMozza, @cassellsburger, @eatatpot & more! lafoodbowl.com/bowl-events/t… – at Los Angeles, CA
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What time is it? Ceviche time! lat.ms/2rcfxQO
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``the very pineapple of politeness..." bit.ly/2HWgDdQ
The Strange History of the “King-Pine” by Nina-Sophia Miralles

The Strange History of the “King-Pine” by Nina-Sophia Miralles

April 25, 2018 –   “There is no nobler fruit in the universe,” Jean de Léry writes of the pineapple. Charles Lamb loved the fruit erotically: “Pleasure bordering on

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Der Tot und das Mädchen xitter.cf/KatyTurNBC/status/9877…
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Woman next to me at hotel pool, told there were no tater tots today, replied "that's ridiculous."
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Big in Japan. lat.ms/2K14xOS
Review: Jonathan Gold says hello from Tokyo, where there are cherry blossoms and, even better,...

Review: Jonathan Gold says hello from Tokyo, where there are cherry blossoms and, even better,...

If you want to understand why Narisawa is often considered to be among the best restaurants in the world, you might have a look at Satoyama Scenery, a kind of seven square inches of edible forest...

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Great Caesar's ghost!
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A sticky assignment. lat.ms/I2Iqkk #420
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