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A bi-weekly mix of food-related stories, recipes, cocktails, and travel, along with recommendations for movies and books from both me and my novelist wife, Ann Hood, and links to the best stories we've read online.

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About Michael Ruhlman

Writer, cook, journalist. Author of the cookbook From Scratch, Charcuterie, Ratio and 2 dozen other books.

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