by Michael Ruhlman | Apr 7, 2017 | Chicken, food memory, Recipes, Soups, stock
I knew I would be spending this afternoon with a dear friend, Laura, the girl I sat next to as we graduated from Duke in 1985. She’s in considerable anguish having lost her love to cancer, her soul, the man whose heart she carries in her heart, to use E.E....
by Michael Ruhlman | Jan 27, 2017 | Beef, Books, Business, Dinner for one, food memory, Grocery
It was cold, windy night, dark by 5 pm, and I was in the mood for chili. I was also alone in my pajama pants and had no intention of leaving my toasty apartment for the tomatoes and onions I didn’t have. I knew I had a frozen pound of ground beef in the freezer,...
by Michael Ruhlman | Jun 5, 2015 | chefs, food memory, Food Writing, Guest Post, Memories, refelection
By Emilia Juocys How does one react when they find out the news that their mentor is closing a chapter of their career? At first, compete shock, and then one becomes comfortable with the idea and accepts it. That is how you associated them to their current...
by Michael Ruhlman | Feb 25, 2015 | Article, community, Food Business, Food Culture, Food History, food memory
A new grocery store opens in downtown Cleveland this morning. But this family-run business is more than a grocery store. It’s more like a food cathedral. The above iPhone photo, shot early this week as cases were being filled, attests to that. But the simile...
by Michael Ruhlman | Feb 19, 2015 | Appetizers, chefs, Ethnic Cuisine, Food Culture, food memory, Guest Post, Pork!, Recipes, Seafood
Chrissy Camba (@chrissycamba) is the Owner/Chef of Maddy’s Dumpling House in Chicago. Shortly after graduating from Loyola University with a degree in biology, Chrissy fell in love with cooking. In a very “Sliding Doors” twist, she was asked to stage in a kitchen and...
by Michael Ruhlman | Jan 21, 2015 | family, food memory
Each January I spend ten days in Key West, cooking for my cousin Rob’s sailing crew, who race the J 111, Spaceman Spiff. Just to be clear, I’m not cooking on the boat. These things are the sheerest, strongest, lightest plastic for maximum speed and...
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