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Kitchen Cops: Thursday, September 24, 2020

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Sandi Clark’s restaurant is hanging in there. In spite of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

It isn’t the first time her business has faced challenges, such as road construction that shut down easy access to her building for several months.

The owner of Sandi’s Diner on Ayers Street said the building has also been broken into four times since March.

But, the restaurant is persisting and is one of three that earned a Perfect Score from the Kitchen Cops.

All the previous Perfect Score stickers Clark has earned are gone since the windows had to be replaced,

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California Pizza Kitchen Latest Chain to File for Bankruptcy

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California Pizza Kitchen Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Houston on Wednesday, becoming the latest restaurant chain to try to cut debt as it grapples with the pandemic.

“For many restaurants, the Covid-19 pandemic will be the greatest challenge they will ever face; for some, it may also be their last,” Chief Executive Officer James Hyatt said in a declaration filed as part of the bankruptcy.

The company, which operates more than 200 restaurants in the U.S. and abroad, has reached an agreement with a majority of its senior creditors on a restructuring plan. It’s looking to reduce its

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Chef’s Kitchen: Enjoying Fanny’s Fried Chicken

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Get ready to put on your comfy, stretchy pants. A Space Coast to-go restaurant — Fanny’s Fried Chicken On The Go — is showing us some straight up, down-home cooking.

You won’t only find “love” in the fried goodness, but also, in the air.

“We were high school sweethearts and have been back together now 10 years,” co-owner and chef Joe Scala says of his love, Sylvia, who runs the joint out front. “I tell you — (opening Fanny’s) is the best idea I ever had in my life, besides hooking up with the love of

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Kitchen Essentials for Home Cooks and Food Lovers

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Kitchen gadgets and accessories are usually high on the list of most wedding gift registries, but they’re especially in demand these days as couples spend more time preparing meals at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

We asked four experienced chefs across the country to share some of their go-to wedding gifts. Here’s a sampling.

Ms. Yeh is the host of the Food Network series “Girl Meets Farm.” She is a Juilliard-trained percussionist and the author of the cookbooks “Molly on the Range” and “Yogurt.”

Vitamix 5200; $449.95

Mr. Torres, a.k.a. Mr. Chocolate, is the founder

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Best kitchen knife set 2020

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High-quality, super-sharp kitchen knives make culinary tasks easier and safer. (Did you know that dull knives are actually more dangerous?) While many home cooks will fare just fine with a basic chef’s, paring and serrated knife, investing in a set, housed neatly in a handsome knife block, adds versatility — and, for real cooking nerds, even joy — to meal-making.

But with so many options and price points on the market, choosing a knife set can be confusing. To help you decide, we did exhaustive research to determine which are the best sets on the market and spent the

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