Michael Ruhlman is the author of The Elements of Cooking. He is recognised as one of the great translators of the chef's art. Equally celebrated for his award-winning cookbooks and non-fiction narratives, Michael wrote chef Thomas Keller's seminal The French Laundry Cookbook as well as a highly successful series about the training of chefs, The Making of a Chef, The Soul of a Chef and The Reach of a Chef.