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City of Gold

What Happened When I Approached Jonathan Gold

April 12, 2016 by diannejacob 41 Comments

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Scott Warner snapped this shot of me and the affable Jonathan Gold, restaurant critic of the Los Angeles Times, as our talk began.

When I walked up, Jonathan Gold stood talking with a small group of food writers. It was after his keynote presentation at the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) annual conference in Hollywood, CA, and I was late for a session. I didn’t care. One of my food writing idols seemed to be available in the cavernous ballroom.

How often does that happen? At IACP, quite often. If you’ve been to their conferences, you probably remember when Julia Child and Jaques Pepin [Read more…] about What Happened When I Approached Jonathan Gold

Filed Under: Restaurant Reviewing Tagged With: City of Gold, food writing, IACP conference, Jonathan Gold, Restaurant Reviewing

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