Our comrade-in-arms Jonathan Gold, LA Weekly restaurant reviewer, won a Pulitzer Prize today for criticism for his "zestful, wide-ranging restaurant reviews, expressing the delight of an erudite eater." This is the first Pulitzer...

Don’t know if anyone else noticed, but one-time Chowhound contributor and L.A.'s best food critic has earned a Pulitzer Prize. Good for him. http://www.laweekly.com/eat+drink/dining/jonathan-gold-wins-pulitzer-prize/16130/

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Great about the prize, but unless he’s about to retire, it seems odd that the LA Weekly celebrated by publishing his picture: http://www.laweekly.com/eat+drink/dining/jonathan-gold-wins-pulitzer-prize/16130/

The first restaurant critic to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize hails from Los Angeles.

Right. Without knowing what the specific criteria used for each Nobel is, or how they weigh each criteria, I imagined that a prize in “cooking” (as per the OP) would depend not only upon raw talent, but also...

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J. Gold’s image has been elsewhere as well. My guess is that since his anonymity is history, he no longer is so concerned about his face being shown elsewhere now. I’ve heard that even before his Pulitzer prize...

She was this week’s “guest reviewer.” And (rightly) skewered the pretentious Apocrypha. I was actually pretty impressed. Seems like she has decent food knowledge, and as a member of the Pulitzer Prize-winning...

Had the chance to try the O Street Mansion’s (2020 O St. near NH Ave) lavish lunch buffet when Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel came by yesterday for Q&A and book-signing. The Mansion on O Street is a 19th century...

In today’s LA Weekly, pulitzer prize winning author/critic J.Gold describes his favorite dish: "If I was forced to choose a single favorite dish, it would probably be lievre à la royale, an old French preparation of...

Gold (Pulitzer Prize winning food editor of the LA Weekly) stated that the mussels at Jitlada are among the top 10 dishes in all of LA. We also liked the dry curry with pork and the salted prawn is good if you like the whole prawn...

in that spot in mid-August, the Playhouse folks told us. By the way, if anyone wants to see a great play before it closes on August 11, hurry to see “The Waverly Gallery” at the Pasadena Playhouse, a Pulitzer Prize...

Being a transplant to New Orleans, I guess I don’t truly understand the Galatoire’s food culture. I found it quite disturbing that you had “prominent” people (lawyers, MD’s, Ph.D.'s and even a...