The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute

The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute

Now in paperback, the eye-opening book that was nominated for a 1998 James Beard Foundation award in the Writing on Food category.

In the winter of 1996, Michael Ruhlman donned hounds-tooth-check pants…

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