Host Michael Ruhlman talks with long time collaborator Thomas Keller about using awareness in cooking. Ruhlman also speaks w/ Knitting Expert Kay Gardiner about the similarities between knitting and cooking. Finally, Michael tours Per Se's kitchen during a busy dinner service. Kay Gardiner's website: <a href="https://www.masondixonknitting.com/">https://www.masondixonknitting.com/</a>Thomas Keller: <a href="https://www.thomaskeller.com/">https://www.thomaskeller.com/</a>Host Michael Ruhlman's new book "From Scratch" is available now: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scratch-Meals-Recipes-Dozens-Techniques/dp/1419732773">https://www.amazon.com/Scratch-Meals-Recipes-Dozens-Techniques/dp/1419732773</a> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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Better cooking comes from deeper understanding. This instructive food series from acclaimed cookbook author Michael Ruhlman highlights essential kitchen techniques, ingredients and ideas. It draws from Ruhlman’s best-selling books, decades of experience and personal relationships with the country’s best chefs. Driven by an insatiable curiosity to learn and teach, Ruhlman approaches his topics every episode by exploring the stories of one notable chef, and one non-chef with surprising connections to the focal ingredients – all with the goal of getting listeners to engage with food more fully, and to cook more confidently.