KCRW's Good Food on the Road
By Jonathan Gold
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Podcast Description
KCRW’s Good Food host Evan talks with LA Weekly’s Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold about places you may not have tried yet, but ought to.
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Still the Hottest Restaurant in Town | Jonathan Gold revisits an old favorite. Jitlada has long been a place to go for good Thai food... | 5/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mexican Beer As It Should Be | Jonathan Gold visits Bizarra Capital in Whittier. The restaurant is owned by the Díaz family, which owns Guisados and Cook's Torta. | 5/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bacon Crackerjacks | Jonathan Gold visits Tar & Roses, the brainchild of Chef Andrew Kirschner, and whose menu is centered around a wood oven and farmers' market vegetables. | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Mexican Food in LA, Then and Now | Jonathan Gold traces the change in the culinary landscape of Mexican food in Los Angeles, from when he first began reviewing restaurants in 1984. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Slurping Dumplings through a Boba Straw | Jonathan Gold visits Wang Xing Ji in San Gabriel. What separates this dumpling house from others is that it is Wuxi food, from a city on the outskirts of Shanghai. | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brussels Sprouts Worth Driving For | Jonathan Gold visits Freddy Smalls, one of the many gastro-pubs featuring craft cocktails and bar bites to open this year. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mole Heaven | Jonathan Gold visits Rocio's Mole De Los Dioses in Sun Valley, home to over 10 types of mole. | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The 'Chipotle-ization' of Pizza | Jonathan Gold visits 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria, the latest venture from Adam Fleischman of Umami Burger fame. | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bread and Butter Worth Paying For | Jonathan Gold visits Cooks County, home of more than cast iron bread and butter and oat biscuits... | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tubbed and Scrubbed at Lawry's | Jonathan Gold visits an old favorite and LA institution, Lawry's The Prime Rib. | 3/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Foie Gras and Jelly Doughnuts | Jonathan Gold reviews UMAMIcatessen, a collaborative restaurant featuring food by Adam Fleischman, Chris Cosentino and Micah Wexler, as well as cocktails by Adrian Biggs. | 3/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shaking It Up in Koreatown | Jonathan Gold visits Kang Hodong Baekjeong in Chapman Plaza, which he describes as the epicenter of Korean Nightlife in Los Angeles. | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Date Night in Koreatown | -- | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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14 |
A Beautiful Menu and the Best Fried Rice | Good Food's Evan Kleiman and Jonathan Gold of the LA Weekly to discuss what Jonathan calls the most interesting restaurant to open in the San Gabriel Valley in years. | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Largest Garlic Knot in Los Angeles | WEB EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Gold visits Milo Olive, the latest restaurant from Zoe Nathan and Josh Loeb who own Huckleberry, Rustic Canyon and Sweet Rose Creamery. | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Food Court that Resembles Los Angeles | Unlike other food courts in LA, the restaurants in the Westfield Culver City Mall actually resemble the food landscape of the city. (Originally aired as a web exclusive.) | 1/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Gang Devoted to Crispy Pork | Jonathan Gold visits Crispy Pork Gang, an oddly named restaurant in Thai Town. He says they serve an "unusually good" crispy pork. | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Introducing 'The Raft' | Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold introduces us to Short Order, a new burger joint located in the Original Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax. | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Tiny Restaurant Pops Up in Downtown LA | Jonathan Gold reviews Le Comptoir, chef Gary Menes' pop up restaurant in Fred Eric's Tiara Cafe in Downtown LA. | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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20 |
Pescado Zarandeado | Jonathan recommends the Pescado Zarandeado, which is sold by the kilo. He also enjoys the ceviche and the cooked shrimp dishes on the menu. | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Baco Finds a Home at Baco Mercat | Chef Joseph Centeno, the executive chef at the Lazy Ox Canteen in downtown LA, recently opened Bäco Mercat... | 12/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Unlikely Ice Cream Sandwich | Jonathan Gold visits Night Market, a restaurant featuring Thai street food.... | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lucky Charms Pancakes | Jonathan Gold visits Beer Belly in Koreatown, which, despite its location, serves more pub grub than Korean food... | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Latest Hot Spot for Ramen | -- | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chinese Pies | Jonathan Gold visits Beijing Pie House in Monterey Park... | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |










