Most of us walk into a restaurant, glance at the menu, and never once think about what's happening twenty feet behind the kitchen door. But a former health inspector sees the world very differently.

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Containers of food are stacked in a restaurant kitchen in this stock photo. Some Kansas City-area restaurants received low scores on their health inspections. Rick Barrett Unsplash From pots on the ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Himalayan Kitchen has reopened its doors after correcting multiple food safety violations that prompted a health‑department shutdown earlier this week, officials announced ...