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Sept. 24, 2024
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Joe Ledington of Corbin, Ky., displays a 1980s photo of him with his uncle, Colonel Harland Sanders, who perfected his world-famous Kentucky Fried Chicken in his Corbin cafe. The photo is part of a family album.
(Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)Could Colonel Sanders’ secret recipe — a blend of 11 herbs and spices — be tucked away in an old family photo album?
The handwritten list of 11 herbs and spices, jotted down on the back of a document Joe Ledington described as the will for Claudia Sanders, the Colonel’s second wife.
(Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)Roger Eaton, who is now CEO of Yum! Brands’ KFC Division, holds a commemorative representation of the 11 secret herbs and spices at KFC headquarters in 2008 in Louisville, Ky.
(Brian Bohannon / Associated Press)Joe Ledington of Corbin, Ky., displays a 1980s photo of him with his uncle, Colonel Harland Sanders, who perfected his world-famous Kentucky Fried Chicken in his Corbin cafe. The photo is part of a family album.
(Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)The original Sanders Cafe sign is small compared to the newer KFC sign and bucket that tower over the Corbin, Ky., restaurant.
(Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)The Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum is on the National Register of Historic Places.
(Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)A modern KFC restaurant, foreground, has been added to the Colonel’s original Harland Sanders Cafe in Corbin, Ky.
(Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)The original kitchen in which Harland Sanders created the fried chicken that would become a worldwide sensation is preserved inside the Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum in Corbin, Ky.
(Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)Sept. 24, 2024