Kent wrote:

> Michael Ruhlman and his chicken stock was kicked around on this NG quite
> severely recently. Michael Ruhlman is not a cook. He is the coauthor of a
> number of cookbooks, and the author of several, including "Ratio" and
> "Elements of Cooking", that don't say anything.


for someone whom you clain is "not a cook" he certainly does seem to
cook a lot as well as study the topic and write about it. He rocks in my
book.