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Ludo Unveils LudoBites Cookbook; Lee Baca Under Fire for Lending County Car to Restaurant Owner

• Ludo Lefebvre has unveiled the cover for his new LudoBites Cookbook, the follow-up to his Crave which features an intro. by Jonathan Gold. [Eater]

• Grant Achatz’s secret fast-food vices? Little Caesar’s and Potbelly Sandwiches. Also, he thinks most people don’t cook with enough salt. [WSJ]

• Sheriff Lee Baca is taking heat for allegedly lending county-owned cars to some cronies, including Chris Vovos of La Mirada’s Mister V’s Bar & Grill. [LAT]

Top Chef’s Gail Simmons had a fashion “aha moment” when she met Anna Wintour wearing a goose-fat-stained Old Navy T-shirt. Since then, she’s figured out which clothes flatter her. [NYP]

• Hot n Juicy Crawfish is making its SoCal debut, as the Vegas eatery is nearly ready to open a store in Orange County. [RNR]

• Proposed state-wide legislation that pushes food trucks away from schools stands to endanger the often-struggling businesses. [LAT]

• Experimental new treatments for food allergies suggest that immunotherapy, giving patients small, regular doses of the allergen, may be effective. [Chart/CNN]

• Food trucks in East Oakland have been hard hit by crime recently as the city has reduced its police force. Trucks are a target for robbers since they deal in cash. [NYT]

• Currently having a moment in fast-food sandwiches: pepper jack cheese. Find it at Carl’s Jr. and elsewhere. [USAT]

Ludo Unveils LudoBites Cookbook; Lee Baca Under Fire for Lending County