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Counter Intelligence : Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles by Jonathan Gold (2000, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-100312267231
ISBN-139780312267230
eBay Product ID (ePID)1699558
Product Key Features
Book TitleCounter Intelligence : Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicRegional & Ethnic / General, Food, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants, Essays & Narratives
Publication Year2000
FeaturesRevised
GenreTravel, Cooking
AuthorJonathan Gold
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight18.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-034521
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsGold's "curious, far-ranging, relentless explorations of his native Los Angeles helped his readers understand dozens of cuisines and helped the city understand itself....He may not have eaten everything in Los Angeles, but nobody came closer."--Pete Wells, The New York Times "Gold redefined the genre."-- Los Angeles Times "Before Tony Bourdain, before reality TV....and (before) people really being into ethnic food in a serious way...Jonathan...got that food was a gateway into the people, and that food could really define a community."--Ruth Reichl, former editor-in-chief of Gourmet and author of TENDER AT THE BONE
Dewey Decimal647.95794/94
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
Synopsis"Gold changed American food writing."-- Time The only food critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, Jonathan Gold pioneered a humanist's approach to reviewing restaurants: COUNTER INTELLIGENCE collects over 200 of his legendary reviews, which were as much about Los Angeles' neighborhoods and people as about what you were going to eat. He revealed the hidden kitchens where Los Angeles' immigrant communities fed their own, including the best of cuisine from Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, Burma, Canton, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand, Vietnam and more. Not to mention the indigenous dishes of L.A. car culture: the perfectly-prepared hamburger and the quintessential hot dog. Originally published in 2000, COUNTER INTELLIGENCE remains an entry point to the food of the country's most diverse culinary landscape; though some of the restaurants it lists have vanished as the twenty-first century has worn on (and its prices remain a point of nostalgia), "you could read it like a novel and be very satisfied (Ruth Reichl)"., Jonathan Gold has eaten it all. Counter Intelligence collects over 200 of Gold's best restaurant discoveries--from inexpensive lunch counters you won't find on your own to the perfect undiscovered dish at a beaten-path establishment. He reveals the hidden kitchens where Los Angeles' ethnic communities feed their own, including the best of cuisine from Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, Burma, Canton, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Middle East, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand, Vietnam and more. Not to mention the perfectly prepared hamburger and Los Angeles' quintessential hot dog. Counter Intelligence is the richest and most complete guide to eating in Los Angeles. The listings include where to find it and how much you'll pay (in many cases, not very much) with appendices that cover food types and feeding by neighborhood., LA Weekly's popular Counter Intelligence columnist and Gourmet magazine's New York restaurant critic collects Los Angeles' top 200 feeding finds
LC Classification NumberTX907.3.C2L673 2000
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- 21 Mar, 2023
Nostalgia!
The book is older, but I still enjoyed reading about some of my favorite restaurants that are no longer around.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Jan, 2022
Pre COVID
A great time capsule of what LA used to be. Also showed up signed, sushi a great surprise.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
