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116 { THE SOMM JOURNAL } AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2018 I'M AT THE TOP OF LOS ANGELES . . . or at least stand- ing in Barnsdall Art Park some 460 feet above sea level makes it feel that way as I overlook the city's sprawling landscape. A wall of the park's main attraction, Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House, supports me as I lean back, glass of rosé in hand, and stare at a distant crane as it adds yet another set of wings to the City of Angels amid a slightly hazy sunset. New music from singer-songwriter Father John Misty emits from a DJ stand and preaches to the choir : a hipster- dominant crowd with some sprawled on blankets and others scattered about the lawn. We're all here to watch a Q&A between Pulitzer Prize–winning food critic Jonathan Gold (who tragically died July 21 of complications from pancreatic cancer) and Daniel Humm, the chef behind New York's Eleven Madison Park and L.A.'s white-hot rendition of New York's legendary NoMad hotel. The talk will happen soon enough, but in the meantime, we're all content to gaze out at the sunset, sip our wine, and achieve maximum chill. Peak Los Angeles USHERING IN THE L.A. TIMES FOOD BOWL AT BARNSDALL ART PARK by Rich Manning Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House in Los Angeles' Barnsdall Art Park. PHOTOS COURTESY OF BLINK CREATIVE As part of the L.A. Times Food Bowl, Barnsdall Art Park hosted a Q&A between Pulitzer Prize–winning food critic Jonathan Gold, who died weeks later of complications from pancreatic cancer, and Chef Daniel Humm of New York's Eleven Madison Park and L.A.'s NoMad. { cultured tastes }