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S. Irene Virbila explores food and wine apps for smart phones

By Tiffany Hsu
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S. Irene Virbila is a food lover with an iPhone, and she knows how to wield it.

The Times restaurant critic wades through food and wine apps a-plenty in her guide, posted here.

Here’s a nibble: There’s Flashlight, which lights up the phone and makes menus readable in dimly lit restaurants. Loads of recipes are piled into the How to Cook Everything app and the EPI app, which pulls from the Bon Appetit and Gourmet archives.

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-- Tiffany Hsu

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Tiffany Hsu

Tiffany Hsu is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote about the California economy, fast food, restaurants, retail and alternative energy for the Business section. A Bay Area native, UC Berkeley graduate and eternal Nor-Cal fan, she once worked for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also did a stint at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where she developed a passion for sweet tea. She still has faith that someday she’ll find two economists who agree.

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