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Michael Carl Ruhlman (born July 28, 1963) is an American author, home cook and entrepreneur.

He has written 17 books including non-fiction, fiction, memoir, and books on cooking. He has co-authored nine books with American chefs.

Michael Carl Ruhlman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was educated at University School, a private boys' day school in Cleveland's suburbs, and at Duke University.

Ruhlman worked a series of odd jobs (including a brief stint at The New York Times) and traveled before returning to his hometown in 1991, to work for a local magazine.

While working at the magazine, Ruhlman wrote an article about his old high school and its new headmaster, which he expanded into his first book, Boys Themselves: A Return to Single-Sex Education (1996).