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  • Ratio

    The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking

    Series series Ruhlman's Ratios
    Michael Ruhlman’s groundbreaking New York Times bestseller gets at the very “truth” of cooking: it is not about recipes but rather about basic ratios and fundamental techniques.Ratios are the simple proportions of one ingredient to another. Knowing a culinary ratio is not like knowing a single recipe; it’s instantly knowing a thousand.Why spend time sorting through millions of cookie recipes ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Making of a Chef

    Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America

    "Well reported and heartfelt, Ruhlman communicates the passion that draws the acolyte to this precise and frantic profession."— The New York Times Book ReviewJust over a decade ago, journalist Michael Ruhlman donned a chef's jacket and houndstooth-check pants to join the students at the Culinary Institute of America, the country's oldest and most influential cooking school. But The Making of a ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Grocery

    The Buying and Selling of Food in America

    The New York Times–bestselling author "digs deep into the world of how we shop and how we eat. It's a marvelous, smart, revealing work" (Susan Orlean, #1 bestselling author).In a culture obsessed with food—how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from, what is good for us—there are often more questions than answers. Ruhlman proposes that the best practices for consuming wisely could be ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Elements of Cooking

    Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen

    New York Times bestselling author Michael Ruhlman deconstructs the "essential knowledge all cooks and food people need" (The New York Times Book Review) in this indispensable cooking reference for home cooks, serious food lovers, and aspiring chefs, revealing what professional chefs know only after years of training and experience.With alphabetically ordered entries and eight beautifully written ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing (Revised and Updated)

    The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing

    An essential update of the perennial bestseller.Charcuterie exploded onto the scene in 2005 and encouraged an army of home cooks and professional chefs to start curing their own foods. This love song to animal fat and salt has blossomed into a bona fide culinary movement, throughout America and beyond, of curing meats and making sausage, pâtés, and confits. Charcuterie: Revised and Updated will ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Egg

    A Culinary Exploration of the World's Most Versatile Ingredient

    In this innovative cookbook, James Beard award-winning author Michael Ruhlman explains why the egg is the key to the craft of cooking.For culinary visionary Michael Ruhlman, the question is not whether the chicken or the egg came first, it's how anything could be accomplished in the kitchen without the magic of the common egg. He starts with perfect poached and scrambled eggs and builds up to ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • From Scratch

    10 Meals, 175 Recipes, and Dozens of Techniques You Will Use Over and Over

    From the James Beard Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author. "Through the recipes for 10 classic meals, he covers how to cook almost anything." —Ina Garten, the Barefoot ContessaFrom Scratch looks at ten favorite meals, including roast chicken, the perfect omelet, and paella—and then, through 175 recipes, explores myriad alternate pathways that the kitchen invites. A delicious lasagna ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing

    The Craft of Italian Dry Curing

    The craft of Italian salumi, now accessible to the American cook, from the authors of the best-selling Charcuterie.Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn inspired a revival of artisanal sausage making and bacon curing with their surprise hit, Charcuterie. Now they delve deep into the Italian side of the craft with Salumi, a book that explores and simplifies the recipes and techniques of dry curing meats ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • The Book of Schmaltz

    Love Song to a Forgotten Fat

    The definitive book on schmaltz -- a staple in Jewish cuisine and a "thread in a great tapestry," by one of America's most respected culinary writers.For culinary expert Michael Ruhlman, the ultimate goal in cooking is flavor, and for certain dishes nothing introduces it half as well as schmaltz. A staple ingredient in traditional Jewish cuisine, schmaltz (or rendered chicken fat), is at risk of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Ruhlman's How to Braise

    Foolproof Techniques and Recipes for the Home Cook

    The second in a series of highly accessible and instructive single-subject books covering basic to advanced techniques that will make you a better cook.According to James Beard-award winning cookbook author Michael Ruhlman, "Braising is what cooking is truly about -- transformation. You start with a tough, often inexpensive, cut of meat, and through your care and knowledge as a cook, you turn it ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Soul of a Chef

    The Journey Toward Perfection

    "...[An]adventure story, a hold-your-breath-while-you-turn-the-page thriller that's also an anthropological study of the culture of cooking" -- Anthony Bourdain, The New York TimesThe classic account of what drives a chef to perfection by accaimed write Michael Ruhlman -- —winner of the IACP Cookbook AwardIn this in-depth foray into the world of professional cooking, Michael Ruhlman journeys into ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Wooden Boats

    In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard

    A celebration of the craftsmanship, creativity, and artistry of wooden boatbuildingThere are fewer than 10,000 wooden boats in America, but the circulation of WoodenBoat magazine exceeds 180,000. What is it about these boats that has captured the popular imagination? With his "lively blend of reportage [and] reflection" (Los Angeles Times), Michael Ruhlman sets off for a renowned boatyard in ... Read more

    $9.99 USD