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Writing about craftsmen


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#1 Andy Lynes

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Posted 04 August 2003 - 04:53 AM

Several of your books not about food and chefs deal with other crafts and craftsmen i.e. Wooden Boats (boat builders) and Walk on Water (surgeons). What is it that draws you back to the subject in its various forms?

#2 Michael Ruhlman

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Posted 04 August 2003 - 06:28 PM

they're usually pretty interesting people. they almost never do it for the money, unlike say Bourdain, and that makes them intersting--they do it because they love what they do. They're connected to the things that matter, and (if they're good) they know what the fuck they're talking about, and I like that kind of person. See Frank Moga in Walk On Water. He woulda made a damn good cook.