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Also by Michael Ruhlman:

Grocery, May 2017
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Egg, April 2014
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The Book Of Schmaltz, August 2013
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Ruhlman's Twenty, October 2011
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Michael Symon's Live To Cook, November 2009
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The Making Of A Chef, April 2009
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Ratio, April 2009
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The Soul Of A Chef, August 2001
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THE MAKING OF A CHEF
By: Michael Ruhlman

Mastering Heat At The Culinary Institute Of America

Holt
April 2009
On Sale: March 31, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 080508939X
EAN: 9780805089394
Paperback
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"Well reported and heartfelt, Ruhlman communicates the passion that draws the acolyte to this precise and frantic profession."—The New York Times Book Review

Just 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 Chef is not just about holding a knife or slicing an onion; it’s also about the nature and spirit of being a professional cook and the people who enter the profession. As Ruhlman—now an expert on the fundamentals of cooking—recounts his growing mastery of the skills of his adopted profession, he propels himself and his readers through a score of kitchens and classrooms in search of the elusive, unnameable elements of great food.

Incisively reported, with an insider’s passion and attention to detail, The Making of a Chef remains the most vivid and compelling memoir of a professional culinary education on record.

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