Michael Ruhlman

Michael Ruhlman started writing about the lives of chefs twenty years ago, and he soon became interested in training as a chef himself. His groundbreaking and successful food reference books include The Book of Schmaltz, Ruhlman’s Twenty, Ratio, The Elements of Cooking and Charcuterie (with Brian Polcyn), and he co-wrote Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry Cookbook, Ad Hoc at Home and Bouchon cookbooks. He lives in Cleveland, USA, with his wife, Donna Turner Ruhlman, who has done the photography for many of his books and is the sole photographer for his blog, ruhlman.com.