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Food FYI: Socialism to crimp Champagne?

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 

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BUBBLES AND POLITICS

In the days leading up to the French presidential election, which the Socialist François Hollande won, CNN posited that talk of a 75% tax on the country’s wealthiest citizens could mean eroding demand for Champagne in its target market.

PANTRY RAID

In The Times: An Echo Park couple into smoothies and organic food gets a diet makeover from a professional nutritionist. (Cut the protein powder!)

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SPRING SORREL

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall offers three recipes for sorrel in the Guardian: sweet sorrel tart, creamed sorrel with poached egg on toast, and lentil and sorrel soup. Plus tips on growing your own for ‘fresh, zingy, tiptop’ sorrel.

LOCAVORE

Gilt Taste wonders, ‘What does ‘eating locally’ really mean, anyway?’

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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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