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Food FYI: ‘Twinkies will be no more’?

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 

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TWINKIES HANG IN THE BALANCE

Hostess and its union workers trade threats about the end of Twinkies, reports The Times, unless a labor deal is struck. The Ding Dong and Wonder Bread maker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January.

TRACKING HUANGLONGBING

The California Department of Food and Agriculture posts information about citrus disease huanglongbing in the race against the threat to the state’s citrus industry, including a hotline number, quarantine maps and a downloadable blight-tracker app.

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WATCH THE SALT

Good mag points out that America has the saltiest food in the world, according to a global study of fast food.

‘10 BEST TACOS’

Los Angeles’ Los Cinco Puntos in Boyle Heights is on Epicurious’ list of the ’10 Best Tacos in America.’ Try the sheep’s-head meat.

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What’s for dinner tonight? Capellini al gamberetti

-- 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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