If you could choose to master a single ingredient, no choice would teach you more about cooking than the egg. It is… — Michael Ruhlman Arms Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that all these factors—from the industrialization of our food to the belief that cooking for our family is… — Michael Ruhlman Faith Copy Share Image
“He carried the deep, intuitive understanding of the power of food to connect people, knew that food was not simply a device… — Michael Ruhlman Family Copy Share Image
“Right now prepared foods account for 4 to 6 percent of our sales,” Carin told me. “In Chicago, that number is 8… — Michael Ruhlman Compassion Copy Share Image
“And we’re going to be here for fifty years, so whatever is not right, we’ll get right.” — Michael Ruhlman Copy Share Image
“Living in this world will change you,” she confides. “It makes me value life. When a friend has a healthy baby, I… — Michael Ruhlman Life Copy Share Image
“As a culture,” Pollan writes, “we seem to have arrived at a place where whatever native wisdom we may once have possessed… — Michael Ruhlman Anxiety Copy Share Image
Stories--from the literature of our culture to descriptions of our days to the lunatic's ravings--appear to be hardwired into us. Even in… — Michael Ruhlman Books Copy Share Image
“More troubling is that when faced with an array of complex options,” the article says, “consumers tend to throw reason out the… — Michael Ruhlman Choice Copy Share Image
“The social food researcher Harry Balzer noted without prompting that Americans are not cooking more, they’re simply eating more meals at home.” — Michael Ruhlman Food Copy Share Image
“Regardless of the recent hunger for handcrafted foods, they remain a niche market within the grocery store. America simply didn’t have many… — Michael Ruhlman Food Copy Share Image
People, you have six senses! The last one is common! Use it! — Michael Ruhlman Common Copy Share Image
We better take care of the earth or we're gonna have shitty food, and having shitty food is no fun. — Michael Ruhlman Care Copy Share Image
“share of stomach.” “It’s a good buzzword,” Jeff said. “You can only eat so much. America is testing that a bit. But… — Michael Ruhlman Food Copy Share Image
“While Americans were increasingly interested in food—watching cooking shows on television, posting photographs of their meals to Instagram, turning restaurant chefs into… — Michael Ruhlman Food Copy Share Image
Only when a chef changed the way you saw the world, through cooking, did food truly become art, and that was rare… — Michael Ruhlman Art Copy Share Image
A kitchen is a good place to be, almost always the best place in the house. — Michael Ruhlman Best place Copy Share Image
Recipes are not assembly manuals. Recipes are guides and suggestions for a process that is infinitely nuanced. Recipes are sheet music. — Michael Ruhlman Assembly Copy Share Image
I believe it's a cook's moral obligation to add more butter given the chance. — Michael Ruhlman Add Copy Share Image
I love this book! There are very few cookbooks published today that add something truly new and distinctive to the literature of… — Michael Ruhlman Add Copy Share Image
“There are people who can afford to eat healthfully and there are people who cannot. I’d say that represents a fundamental brokenness… — Michael Ruhlman Food Copy Share Image