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Food FYI: Bloomberg’s plan for soda ban makes waves

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 

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SODA WARS

Critics call New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to ban bigger-than-16-ounce sodas draconian and even discriminatory. But the proposed measure has a loophole big enough to ‘slip a massive Four Loko through it.’ [The Atlantic]

SYRUP SHMYRUP

The FDA denies the Corn Refiners Assn.’s petition to change the name corn syrup to corn sugar. The Sugar Assn. is delighted. Consumer advocates say eat less of both corn syrup and sugar. [Los Angeles Times]

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FUNNY FOOD

More food art from Minneapolis designer Brock Davis. You’ll never look at a cucumber the same way again. [Colossal Art & Design]

BAY AREA BBQ BOOM

An explosion of barbecue restaurants in San Francisco. But pulled pork with tea-smoked salmon? [San Francisco Chronicle]

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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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