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RIP Jonathan Gold

July 23, 2018 by diannejacob 16 Comments

If you haven’t already, please watch this documentary about Jonathan Gold and his passion for the people and restaurants of L.A. It’s a love letter to them, but also to the man himself.

Yes it’s true: Los Angeles food critic Jonathan Gold, the only person to win a Pulizer as a food writer, died this past weekend, of pancreatic cancer.

He was only 57. The Los Angeles Times reported his death and lifted its paywall so you can explore his writing and tributes.

I have a few things to say about Jonathan Gold, before I get to his writing:

1. Maybe you’ve never heard of him, but I was in awe. In 2004, I was too intimidated to interview him for the first edition of Will Write for Food. It was because I [Read more…] about RIP Jonathan Gold

Filed Under: Restaurant Reviewing Tagged With: Jonathan Gold, writing about restaurants

Are Restaurant Bloggers Still Relevant?

May 13, 2014 by diannejacob 56 Comments

EmptyTableI know restaurant bloggers still exist, but I can barely find them.

I’m not the only one. The annual Saveur Best Food Blog awards doesn’t even list “restaurant blogs” as a category.

Sure, there are people who write reviews for websites such as Tasting Table and urbanspoon.com. But it seems that there are [Read more…] about Are Restaurant Bloggers Still Relevant?

Filed Under: Restaurant Reviewing Tagged With: Food blogging, food writing, restaurant critics, Restaurant Reviewing, writing about restaurants

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