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Food FYI: Sweet news about sour cherries

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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CHERRY PIE

A slice of cherry pie a day helps keep the doctor away? Or at least the sour cherries in the pie might. Sour cherries contain the same sort of anti-inflammatory compounds as aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. And they contain more of these anti-inflammatory compounds than any other food, a study says. [Los Angeles Times]

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SRIRACHA AND ICE CREAM

Go Burger puts sriracha in its milkshakes. Spicy. [Cooking Channel]

THOMAS JEFFERSON’S CHEFS

A look at two enslaved women who helped put French food on Thomas Jefferson’s table and insert its prominence in American culinary culture. [Smithsonian]

TROPICAL FRUIT

How to cut a pineapple. [Simply Recipes]

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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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