Episode 29: Mark Bittman

By: Michele Norris

Narrated by: Michele Norris

Award-winning food writer and journalist Mark Bittman walks us through the evolution of his relationship with all things culinary, beginning with his upbringing on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Bittman describes how he first started using cookbooks, the impact of global politics on his perspective, and how his mother and grandmother influenced his cooking habits.

Mark Bittman is a food writer and journalist who has authored thirty books on a variety of topics. His work discusses the pleasures of food, how to prepare it, and its impact on our bodies and on the world at large. Bittman is also known for his many appearances on the Today show and for his New York Times column “The Minimalist,” which ran for 13 years. He is the editor in chief of food publication The Bittman Project.

Find the episode transcript here: https://www.audible.com/ymk/episode29

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I loved Mark’s grandmother’s recipe for potato “nic” served at holidays. We have several of Mark’s cookbooks in our family along with some of the books he mentioned.