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Title: Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles by Jonathan Gold ISBN: 0-312-26723-1 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Walt Whitman of restaraunt reviews
Comment: Gold, who now writes about the New York restaraunt scene for Gourmet magazine, is a wordsmith beyond compare. Before I found this book (thank the lord I did!)I would repeatedly read and re-read his reviews in back issues of LA Weekly- I hungered for his words about food almost as much as I did for food itself! Gold is a true poet of food- in the same vein as MFK Fisher or Brillat-Savarin, and that is good company. He takes as his subject (for the most part)the obscure ethnic cuisines and restaraunts of L.A., from Afgahn to Uzbeki. He takes his food seriously, only in this book could you find recommendations for thai frog legs, corndogs and tongue tacos. For restaraunt reviews that read like great literature, and that will absolutely make your mouth water with uncannily poetic descriptions and wonderful, mature prose- this is what you are looking for.
Rating: 4
Summary: Finally a TRUE guide to the foods of LA!
Comment: Jonathan Gold appreciates one of the main benefits of LA-- all the ethnic enclaves with their respective specialized cuisines. As an angeleno, I love the cultural diversity, and I love it even more now with Mr. Gold's guide to eat my way through all the different restaurants. Thank you, Mr. Gold!
Other mainstream guides like Zagat neglect to mention the really great ethnic places, probably because their reviewers don't know about those places. So if you have an adventurous palate, look for an "A" sign (the grade given to the restaurant by the health dept.) in the window and follow Mr. Gold's book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Indispensable as Thomas Map
Comment: Few maps necessary though, since 90% of the restaurants are within a couple miles of each other (Alhambra/San Gabriel/Moneterey Park). Even though many of these reviews were written long ago, I've found that most of the restaurants are still around. Literally a lifetime's worth of discoveries await... . What you learn reading this book will help you in exploring new places as well.
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Title: Hungry? Los Angeles The Lowdown On Where The Real People Eat! by Kristin L. Petersen ISBN: 1893329089 Publisher: Really Great Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Los Angeles by Jeff Spurrier ISBN: 0764564978 Publisher: Frommer Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: L.A. Bizarro: : The Insiders Guide to the Obscure, the Absurd and the Perverse in Los Angeles by Anthony R. Lovett, Anthony R. Lovett, Matt Maranian, Tony Lovett ISBN: 031215562X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Day Hikes Around Los Angeles: 45 Great Hikes by ROBERT STONE ISBN: 1573420263 Publisher: Day Hike Books Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Not for Tourists Guide to Los Angeles 2003 by Not for Tourists, Happy Mazza Media LLC, Happy Mazza ISBN: 0967230330 Publisher: Insight Guides Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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