Is this the colonel’s secret recipe? Nope, KFC says

Has Colonel Sanders’ nephew inadvertently revealed to the world the secret blend of 11 herbs and spices behind KFC’s fried chicken empire? The company says the recipe published in the Chicago Tribune is not authentic. It all started when a reporter visited with Joe Ledington, a nephew of KFC founder Colonel Harland David Sanders. The reporter was working on a story for the Tribune’s travel section about Corbin, Ky., where the colonel served his first fried chicken. At one point, Mr. Ledington pulled out a family scrapbook containing the last will and testament of Sanders’ second wife, Claudia Ledington. On the back of the document is a handwritten list for a blend of 11 herbs and spices to be mixed with two cups of white flour. KFC — a subsidiary of Yum Brands Inc. — says the recipe the

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