1. Michael Carl Ruhlman was born on July 28,1963 and is an American author, home cook and entrepreneur.
13 Facts About Michael Ruhlman
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Michael Ruhlman has written or co-authored more than two dozen books, including non-fiction, fiction, memoir, and books on cooking.
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Michael Ruhlman has co-authored many books with American chefs, such as Thomas Keller, Eric Ripert, Michael Symon and Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
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Michael Ruhlman attended University School, a private, independent all-boys' day school in Cleveland's suburbs, and completed his undergraduate education at Duke University.
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Michael Ruhlman is the winner of two James Beard Awards, the 1999 award for magazine feature writing and the 2012 general cooking award for his book Michael Ruhlman's Twenty, and has been nominated seven other times by the foundation.
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Michael Ruhlman has eagerly embraced social and digital media in his mission to encourage more people to cook food for themselves and their friends and family, creating, with digital media expert Will Turnage, the Ratio App for smart phones, and Bread Baking Basics for the iPad and Kindle Fire.
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Michael Ruhlman released his first Kindle single book called "The Main Dish" which is about his long journey to become a food writer and then "The Book of Schmaltz: A Love Song to a Forgotten Fat" a single-subject cookbook devoted to the ingredient called schmaltz; rendered chicken fat flavored with onion which is popular in Jewish cuisine.
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Spring, 2014, Michael Ruhlman published Egg: A Culinary Exploration of the World's Most Versatile Ingredient.
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May 2017 Michael Ruhlman released his book Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America.
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In 2021, Michael Ruhlman collaborated with Gabriel Kreuther for Gabriel Kreuther: The Spirit of Alsace, a Cookbook.
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Michael Ruhlman has acted as a judge on the PBS reality show Cooking Under Fire and on The Next Iron Chef.
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Michael Ruhlman married writer Ann Hood in 2017 in Abingdon Square Park in New York.
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Michael Ruhlman has two children from his previous marriage to photographer Donna Turner, with whom he collaborated on many publications.