I write mostly positive reviews. I don't write about places that don't interest me.

- Jonathan Gold

I think every culture is passionate about food; some are just passionate about food and the food is shitty.

- Jonathan Gold

It's funny how everyone has a bizarre relationship with Google. The knowledge is there, but no one knows how to use it right.

- Jonathan Gold

I think the point of obsession with food means we're healthy as a species. When we're hungry, everything tastes good, hunger is the best spice. When …

- Jonathan Gold

Everybody talks about the internet being the ultimate repository of cooking knowledge. But it's not. It sucks.

- Jonathan Gold

As a writer of criticism, the consumer thing is the least interesting thing, but as a critic, the single worst thing you can do is send a reader to w…

- Jonathan Gold

I don't go to McDonalds, but when I was working for Gourmet magazine in New York City, my daughter liked to go there. I was completely paranoid that …

- Jonathan Gold

When it's done properly, taco should be a verb.

- Jonathan Gold

In a lot of ways I think food is starting to take the place in culture that rock and roll took 30 years ago.

- Jonathan Gold