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Average Betty

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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If you’ve ever tried to find an image of the Virgin Mary on your toast, then you’ll relate to Average Betty. The latest episode of the online show by Sara O’Donnell, a 33-year-old Los Angeles-based visual artist, is ‘Hoffepeño’ in which Average Betty (played by O’Donnell) looks for Jesus Christ on a jalapeño popper.

Other recent videos include ‘CSI: Cookie Sundae Investigation’ and ‘Satay-ser’ (about a new device that’s a cross between chicken satay and a Taser). Recipes included.

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-- Betty Hallock

Photos courtesy of Average Betty

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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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