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Take It Cheesy

RUTHIE’S See website for hours and locations. 972-380-4233; ruthiesfoodtrucks.com

emondric Pratt prepares a secret sauce on a breezy mid-September day inside the cramped kitchen of Ruthie’s. The food truck is just one in a small fleet of aqua-and-pink colored vehicles that travel around Dallas serving gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches. Like every Friday at lunchtime, Pratt is preparing to serve the kids at Wesley Prep Elementary. “I was very nervous,” he says, recounting his first day working in a kitchen when he was just 16 years old. “I had no idea what

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