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‘StarWatch’: Fruit of the Loom Guys at Palate

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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I loved those ‘80s Fruit of the Loom commercials that featured the Fruit of the Loom Guys -- you remember -- Apple, Purple Grapes, Green Grapes, Leaf. And I’m even a fan of their more recent work -- such as the music video ‘Blue’ that I ran across on YouTube (‘I had a dream / That my whole world was blue / A royal Xanadu / The world was so brand-new / And everywhere, the underwear was blue / In shades of cobalt too’). So I was excited to see Purple Grapes and Green Grapes at the new restaurant Palate in Glendale, even though they spent the whole night hiding (from the paparazzi?) in the giant urns.

-- 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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