How Jonathan Gold Came To Review The Olive Garden

As an April fool’s joke, Jonathan Gold convinced his photographer Anne Fishbein that he was going to review the Italian restaurant chain. Gold had no intention of going near the place, of course. But his prank went horrible wrong, and ended with the Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic seated at a table in the Arcadia Olive Garden. And since he was there, well, might as well write it up

Olive Garden chefs now undergo rigorous training at the Culinary Institute of Tuscany, in the heart of Chianti Classico, where “they learn the key values and skills needed to remain true to the rich history of Italian cuisine.”

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