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    Unpacking the LA Times’ french fry power rankings

    Recently the LA Times Food section put out its official fast food French fry power rankings  of 19 different restaurants.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Feb 22, 2019 • 1 min read

    Recently the LA Times Food section put out its official fast food French fry power rankings of 19 different restaurants. Lucas Kwan Peterson is the LA Times’ new food columnist, and he’s caught some heat for his sweeping judgments on chains like In-N-Out, including from Mayor Garcetti.

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    French fry fight, the Oscars & Wolfgang, Northern Thai food
    1. 0:00A taste of Wolfgang Puck’s 25th Oscars menu
    2. 8:09Unpacking the LA Times’ french fry power rankingsYou’re reading this
    3. 20:34“The Food of Northern Thailand”
    4. 33:53Tacos and showmanship at Tacos 1986
    5. 39:51Displacement in Virgil Village
    6. 48:28Market Report: Persian Mint
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    The full episode

    2 of 6
    French fry fight, the Oscars & Wolfgang, Northern Thai food
    1. 0:00A taste of Wolfgang Puck’s 25th Oscars menu
    2. 8:09Unpacking the LA Times’ french fry power rankingsYou’re reading this
    3. 20:34“The Food of Northern Thailand”
    4. 33:53Tacos and showmanship at Tacos 1986
    5. 39:51Displacement in Virgil Village
    6. 48:28Market Report: Persian Mint
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