Mr. Gold holding a champagne glass after winning the Pulitzer Prize. He was later featured in the documentary “City of Gold,” which followed his explorations of Los Angeles. Credit Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press

“I’m not a cultural anthropologist,” he once said. “I write about taco stands and fancy French restaurants to try to get people less afraid of their neighbors and to live in their entire city instead of sticking to their one part of town.”
(Quoted by Pete Wells, “Jonathan Gold, Food Critic Who Celebrated L.A.’s Cornucopia, Dies At 57,” NYTimes)

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