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Food FYI: L.A. filmmaker tackles water crisis

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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A DROP TO DRINK

A documentary filmmaker delves into our slew of water problems. One scientist points out that the aquifer under the Central Valley, which helps irrigate crops that provide a fourth of the food in the U.S., could be depleted in as little as 60 years. [Los Angeles Times]

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COFFEE CREATIVES

A crew of Berkeley baristas has formed the Alchemy Collective, a start-up cafe that began as a coffee cart. No running water? That’s ok. [Oakland Local]

BURRITOB0T

The Internet loves a robot that can make a burrito. A grad student’s plans to build a BurritoB0t, a machine that prints a 3D edible extrusion of a burrito, is making the rounds. [Tech Crunch]

TOP 40 TAIWANESE

‘40 Taiwanese foods we can’t live without.... From mountains of shaved ice to chicken cutlets as big as your face.’ [CNN]

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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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