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Food FYI: L.A. adopts ban on plastic bags

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 

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BYE-BYE, PLASTIC BAGS

Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation to approve a ban on plastic bags at supermarkets. Thanks, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, et al. [Los Angeles Times]

BESHA THE ANONYMOUS

Oh, Eater LA and its commenters. Restaurant critic Besha Rodell on the bungled attempts to ferret her identity. [LA Weekly]

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BK TRUFFLE BURGER

The latest Burger King menu addition in Hong Kong is a black truffle burger -- part of its premium series for “a taste of royal delicacy,” the company says. [Wall Street Journal]

BOUILLABAISSE ON THE BEACH

Tetou proves to be the seafood hot spot for celebrities at the Cannes Film Festival. [Just Jared]

FOOD CHAIN

In addition to the mysterious deaths of several hundred dolphins in Peru, pelicans are starving -- unable to reach anchovies that have retreated to greater ocean depths to avoid warmer surface waters. [Scientific American]

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IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW

How to eat a pizza. [The Guardian]

EVERYBODY’S DOING IT

Food writer Jeffrey Steingarten tries the Master Cleanse. [Vogue]

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-- Betty Hallock

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

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