BOOKS
Non-fiction:
- Boys Themselves (1996)
- The Making of a Chef (1997)
- The Soul of a Chef (2000) [IACP Award]
- Wooden Boats (2001)
- Walk On Water: Inside an Elite Pediatric Surgical Unit (2003)
- House: A Memoir (2005)
- The Reach of a Chef: Beyond the Kitchen (2006)
- The Elements of Cooking (2007)
- Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America (2017)
Fiction:
- In Short Measures: Three Novellas (2015)
- If You Can’t Take the Heat (2024)
Collaborations:
- The French Laundry Cookbook (1999) by Thomas Keller, with Susie Heller and Michael Ruhlman
- A Return to Cooking (2002), with Eric Ripert and Valentino Cortazar
- Bouchon (2004) by Thomas Keller and Jeffrey Cerciello, with Susie Heller and Michael Ruhlman
- Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and Curing (2005) by Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn
- Under Pressure (2008)
- Live to Cook (2009) by Michael Symon, with Michael Ruhlman
- Ad Hoc at Home (2009) by Thomas Keller, Michael Ruhlman (James Beard Award, general cooking)
- Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing (2012) by Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn
- Bouchon Bakery (2012) by Thomas Keller, Sebastian Rouxel, Michael Ruhlman
- JGV: A Life In 12 Recipes (2019)
- The French Laundry, per se (2020)
- Gabriel Kreuther: The Spirit of Alsace, a Cookbook (2021)
Cookbooks:
- Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (2009)
- Ruhlman's Twenty (2011) [James Beard Award, general cooking]
- The Book of Schmaltz: A Love Song to a Forgotten Fat (2012)
- Egg: A Culinary Exploration of the World's Most Versatile Ingredient (2014)
- How To Roast : foolproof techniques and recipes for the home cook (2014)
- How To Braise (2015)
- How To Sauté (2016)
- From Scratch: 10 Meals, 150 Recipes and Techniques You Will Use Over and Over (2019)
- The Book of Cocktail Ratios: The Surprising Simplicity of Classic Cocktails (2023)
Contributing Writer for the following publications:
The New York Times
The New York Times Sunday Magazine
The New York Times Book Review
The Wall Street Journal
The Los Angeles Times
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
CNN (digital)
Gourmet Magazine
Food Arts (James Beard Award for magazine writing)
Food & Wine
Condé Nast Traveler
Coastal Living
Food 52 (digital)
Rhode Island Monthly
Teaching
New York University graduate school of journalism
Eckard College (Florida)
Salve Regina University (Rhode Island)