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Food with Mark Bittman

147 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 902 ratings

Former New York Times food journalist and #1 bestselling author Mark Bittman (How to Cook Everything; VB6; Animal, Vegetable, Junk) is joined by co-host (and daughter) Kate to explore all aspects of food – from what to have for dinner, how to raise healthy children, and how to perfect your cooking routine to big picture questions about climate change, sustainability, food policy, and global hunger. Each week, Mark and Kate talk with cooks, celebrities, chefs, farmers, activists, policymakers, and food-lovers about the role of food in their lives, what they love to cook, and the ways that food impacts our society. Plus Mark and Kate offer handy cooking tips, recipes, answers to your questions, and much more.


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Episodes

Nasim Alikhani: The Beauty of Layers

June 28, 2023 10:30 - 32 minutes - 58.8 MB

The wildly popular Brooklyn-based chef talks to Mark and Kate about why the slow cook makes Iranian food special, the best way to enjoy a dinner party, and leaving Iran for the US in the 1980s. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/food-with-mark-bittman-nasim-alikhani Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark...

Niki Segnit is a Self-Taught Flavor Genius

June 21, 2023 10:30 - 33 minutes - 62.2 MB

The prolific food writer talks to Mark and Kate about the un-exact nature of flavor pairing ("it should be right-ish"), why an unexpected combination like orange and coffee works so well, and the only way to eat fish and chips.  View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/coffee-and-maple-syrup Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Po...

Ed and Ryan Mitchell — and the Magic of BBQ

June 14, 2023 10:30 - 32 minutes - 59.8 MB

The father/son (Ed and Ryan) team talk to the father/daughter team (Mark and Kate) about their respective paths to pitmaster, transforming the tradition of authentic barbecue into a pure labor of love, and why working together ended up being the best thing for both of them. Head here for the Mitchells' 'I Don't Eat Everybody's Potato Salad!' recipe: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/food-with-mark-bittman-ed-and-ryan-mitchell Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, o...

Dr. David Katz Weighs in on the Body Wars

June 07, 2023 10:30 - 41 minutes - 75.5 MB

Katz talks to Mark and Kate about why it's important to address weight from the heart, pharmacotherapy and the law of unintended consequences, and the goods and bads of Ozempic. Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Subscribe to Mark's newsletter The Bittman Project at www.bittma...

Selling Candy on the Subway: Kwame Onwuachi

May 31, 2023 10:30 - 26 minutes - 49.1 MB

Revisiting Mark's conversation with Kwame Onwuachi, chef/owner of Tatiana, which was just named best restaurant in New York City by the New York Times. Chef Onwuachi talked to Mark about the dilemma of the creative person, "American cuisine," and infiltrating a candy selling ring on the NYC subway. Want today's recipe, Chef Kwame Onwuachi's Sweet Plantains with Avocado Crema? Get it here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/kwame-onwuachi Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts,...

To Know Tim Ryan is to Love Tim Ryan

May 24, 2023 10:30 - 36 minutes - 66.8 MB

The former congressman and Ohio Senate nominee talks to Mark and Kate about how life as a high school QB led to politics, how politics led to food, and the beauty of being home a bit more. Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Subscribe to Mark's newsletter The Bittman Project at...

Eating Jellybeans Meticulously with Sam Irby

May 17, 2023 10:30 - 32 minutes - 59.5 MB

Writer and comedy queen Samantha Irby talks to Holly and Kate about palate evolutions, freaking out at Trader Joe's, and not thinking too deeply.  Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Subscribe to Mark's newsletter The Bittman Project at www.bittmanproject.com. Questions or com...

A Warm Welcome to Margaret Cho & Rachel Belle

May 10, 2023 10:30 - 37 minutes - 68.8 MB

It's a feed drop! We're swapping shows with Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle — a show that, yes, asks every guest what their last meal would be, but also consults with chefs and culinary anthropologists, ice cream scientists and hungry astronauts to uncover the history, science, and culture of these dishes. The episode we're featuring today boasts a guest like no other: comedian Margaret Cho! Join her as she talks to Rachel about spam musubi, opening for Jerry Seinfeld in her late teens, and...

Senator Bennet: Access to Food is a Right

May 03, 2023 10:30 - 31 minutes - 57.1 MB

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet talks to Kate and Mark about how being superintendent of Denver Public Schools stoked his interest in food rights, what inspires him and why we should feel hopeful, his newfound interest in cooking, and why cast iron reigns supreme. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/food-with-mark-bittman-senator-michael-bennet Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and pl...

Manu Buffara is Bringing Curitiba to Manhattan

April 26, 2023 10:30 - 32 minutes - 58.8 MB

The internationally-acclaimed chef talks to Kate and Mark about her new book, community gardens in action, opening a restaurant in NYC, and the time she (accidentally) fermented her clothes.  Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Subscribe to Mark's newsletter The Bittman Project...

Earth Day: Jane Goodall and Lauren Sweeney

April 19, 2023 10:30 - 40 minutes - 73.9 MB

In celebration of Earth Day, Lauren Sweeney, CEO and co-founder of DeliverZero, talks to Mark about how she's changing takeout and delivery packaging and how, one day soon, single-use packaging "will seem like smoking on an airplane"; plus, a second look at a two-year-old interview with the incomparable Jane Goodall, who talks to Mark about our collective "indomitable spirit" and why she's hopeful. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/food-with-ma...

Delia Ephron on the Joys of Sisters — & Food

April 12, 2023 10:30 - 33 minutes - 61.5 MB

Writer Delia Ephron talks to Kate and Mark about the fortieth anniversary of Nora Ephron's Heartburn, her food relationship with her sister, books vs. movies, and the New York culinary universe. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/food-with-mark-bittman-delia-ephron Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark ...

Dan Ahdoot is Not a Fan of Giant Raw Clams

April 05, 2023 13:30 - 28 minutes - 51.9 MB

The stand up comedian and Cobra Kai actor talks to Mark and Kate about hunting on the Long Island Expressway, how he became a pretentious foodie at the ripe old age of 11, and looking for love in all the wrong places. Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Subscribe to Mark's news...

José Andrés: Shorter Walls, Longer Tables

March 29, 2023 10:30 - 47 minutes - 86.6 MB

The humanitarian and chef talks to Mark about the way he ate growing up, the dark side of street food, the question of “too much empathy," and, of course, World Central Kitchen. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/food-with-mark-bittman-jose-andres Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bit...

Nigella Lawson, the Second Time Around

March 22, 2023 10:30 - 45 minutes - 83.1 MB

The queen of home cooking talks to Mark about food and comfort, 'guilty pleasures' and misogyny, and why it's good for people to see bad knife skills. Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Subscribe to Mark's newsletter The Bittman Project at www.bittmanproject.com. Questions or...

Adam Gopnik Knows the Secret to Soufflés

March 15, 2023 10:30 - 32 minutes - 58.8 MB

The prolific New Yorker writer talks to Mark and Kate about micro mastery vs macro mastery, the ideal way to get a soufflé to rise, and his favorite New York meals.  View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/food-with-mark-bittman-adam-gopnik Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on...

Feeding Kids: Eden Grinshpan + Aliza Sokolow

March 08, 2023 11:30 - 30 minutes - 55.6 MB

Top Chef Canada host and author Eden Grinshpan and Emmy winner Aliza Sokolow talk to Kate about the strange things kids will try (fish eyeballs and baking soda), picky picky eaters, and teaching our children about food. With very special guests Lily and Zoe Clark, Meera and Mario Mehta, Ayv Nivron, and Holden Traverse. Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Foll...

The Unprecedented Eric Ripert

March 01, 2023 11:30 - 45 minutes - 82.6 MB

Revisiting Mark’s talk with the acclaimed chef-owner of Le Bernardin — who just earned his sixth four-star review from The New York Times — about sustainability and common sense, pandemic silver linings, and lifelong influences. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/food-with-mark-bittman-eric-ripert Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review...

Mrs. Brightside: The Inspiring Toya Boudy

February 22, 2023 14:32 - 42 minutes - 77.7 MB

The shining star of New Orleans talks to Kate and Mark about struggle meals, tourist food in her hometown, Cajun vs. Creole, and the power of tough love.  View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/food-with-mark-bittman-toya-boudy We would appreciate it so much if you'd take our listener survey! Less than five minutes, we promise. https://survey.fan/markbittman Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to li...

Vishwesh Bhatt: WTF Does Heritage Truly Mean?

February 15, 2023 11:30 - 31 minutes - 58 MB

James Beard winning chef Vishwesh Bhatt talks to Mark and Kate about the marvelous flexibility of food, how "fusion" became a dirty word, and grocery store birthday cake.  View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/food-with-mark-bittman-vishwesh-bhatt We would appreciate it so much if you'd take our listener survey! Less than five minutes, we promise. https://survey.fan/markbittman Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wh...

Black Farmers Own Just 1% of US Farmland

February 08, 2023 11:30 - 34 minutes - 62.9 MB

Kathleen Finlay, president of Glynwood, and Mark talk with Black Farmer Fund co-founders Olivia Watkins and Karen Washington about the special, specific challenges facing Black farmers; who the food system "belongs" to; and how to combat the inherent racial injustices in the US food system, notably as applied to farmers. Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Fo...

Peter Hoffman and the 'High Fashion' of Food

February 01, 2023 11:30 - 28 minutes - 51.9 MB

Melissa McCart and Mark talk to Peter Hoffman about how the "trend" of sourcing well has changed, cooking beans in the fireplace, and how to embrace seasonality to the fullest — even if you're an urban dweller. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/peter-hoffman-fireplace-beans Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Fo...

Dinner in Your Underwear: David Sedaris

January 25, 2023 11:30 - 40 minutes - 74.3 MB

Revisiting David Sedaris chatting with Mark about his favorite jokes, bathing while cooking, and why ridiculous things always seem to happen to him. Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Subscribe to Mark's newsletter The Bittman Project at www.bittmanproject.com. Questions or c...

Eric Kim is a Big Fan of Zombie Vegetables

January 18, 2023 11:30 - 37 minutes - 68.1 MB

The New York Times Cooking writer talks to Mark and Kate about what the word "authentic" has come to mean, the beauty of the growth and evolution of Korean food, and making kimchi in small spaces.  View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/eric-kim-boiled-peanuts Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitte...

Pinky Cole: Making Vegan Food for Non-Vegans

January 11, 2023 11:30 - 25 minutes - 46.3 MB

Holly and Kate talk to restaurateur and philanthropist Pinky Cole about how her wildly popular vegan chain, Slutty Vegan, targets meat lovers; philanthropy and opportunity; living with a meat-loving man; and mom guilt. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/pinky-cole Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark o...

Chinese Vegetarian Cooking with Hannah Che

January 04, 2023 11:30 - 19 minutes - 35.4 MB

Mark and Kate talk to cook and food writer Hannah Che about personal food choices vs. community, what exactly makes cooking vegetables so different from cooking meat, and the three categories of vegetarian Chinese cooking. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/chinese-vegetarian Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. F...

The Inspiring Persistence of Marion Nestle

December 28, 2022 11:30 - 31 minutes - 58.2 MB

Mark and Kate talk to public health advocate Marion Nestle about a life in food politics, corporate power over the food supply, and NYC in the 1950s.  View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/nestle Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Su...

Mince Pies for Everyone!

December 21, 2022 11:30 - 42 minutes - 78.6 MB

Culinary historian and writer Regula Ysewijn chats about the crazy British tradition of boar's head, writing the Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook, and how Charles Dickens saved Christmas; and former royal chef Carolyn Robb talks about the unfair tradition of "Bad British food" and how Christmas makes up for it, the rewards and challenges of being a royal chef, and how King Charles was ahead of his time.  View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/christ...

The Marvelous Claudia Roden

December 14, 2022 11:30 - 28 minutes - 51.5 MB

Mark talks to a true culinary wonder about Hanukkah traditions everywhere, the changing nature of recipes, and the meaning of "Jewish food." View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/roden Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Subscribe to ...

The Season is Boss: Jody Williams & Rita Sodi

December 07, 2022 11:30 - 21 minutes - 39.5 MB

Kate and Melissa talk to two of New York's most beloved restaurateurs about being a purist vs a regionalist, the supreme reign of artichokes, and how to buy good olive oil. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/via-carota Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Ins...

The Myth of Mise en Place

November 30, 2022 14:46 - 23 minutes - 42.4 MB

Kate talks to Kerri Conan and Mark about the choreography of making meals, learning a method of cooking that will last a lifetime, and Mark's new book, the completely revised How to Cook Everything Fast. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/fast-podcast Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at ...

Thanksgiving Pt 2: Less Crazy, More Cozy

November 23, 2022 11:30 - 25 minutes - 47.5 MB

Adrienne Cheatham, Emily and Marvette Meggett, Senator Cory Booker, and Sesame Street's Gonger join Mark and Kate to talk collards, passing the baton, Thanksgiving in Vegas, and, of course, the things and people that matter most.  View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/the-only-thing-to-listen-to-while Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star revie...

Thanksgiving Pt 1: Rituals, Struggles, & FOOD

November 16, 2022 21:49 - 41 minutes - 76.1 MB

Tom Colicchio, Stephen Satterfield, Sheldon Simeon, and Nigella Lawson join Mark and Kate to talk lasagna appetizers, holiday contemplation, adobo turkey tails, and bread sauce.  View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/thanksgiving-pod Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Face...

Dan Levy's Big Love is Food (But Not Cooking)

November 09, 2022 11:30 - 39 minutes - 72 MB

Mark and Kate talk to the incomparable actor about finding comedy in a soft place, eating like a goldfish, love of family, and the similarities between "Schitt's Creek" and his new show, "The Big Brunch." View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/levy Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittma...

Cory Booker: Food Isn't a Tidy Partisan Issue

November 02, 2022 11:42 - 45 minutes - 82.8 MB

Mark talks to one of our most forward-thinking Senators about Big Food's long standing capability of corrupting food policy, the possibility of real change, why a Twinkie is cheaper than an apple, and how we can find our way back to regional food systems.  View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/booker Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review...

Alice Waters, First Lady of Food

October 26, 2022 10:30 - 35 minutes - 64.4 MB

Mark and Kate talk to food's most tireless champion about public education as the last bastion of democracy, thirty years of Edible Schoolyard, and tomato confit. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/waters Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @mar...

Diwali Desserts & Dishing with Hetal Vasavada

October 19, 2022 10:30 - 37 minutes - 68.8 MB

Mark and Kate talk to baker and cookbook author Hetal Vasavada about the truths and falses about making Indian sweets, the MasterChef cattle call, and the utter joy of Diwali. Get the recipe from this week's episode, plus enter to win a copy of Hetal's book, Milk & Cardamom, here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/vasavada Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. ...

Roadtripping (and Eating) with Linda Ronstadt

October 12, 2022 10:30 - 31 minutes - 57 MB

Mark and Kerri talk to music icon Linda Ronstadt and journalism icon Lawrence Downes about their love of Sonoran food, the beauty of life on the border, and "concerts" in pizza parlors. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/ronstadt Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Faceb...

Jacques Pépin: A Rare Breed of Chef AND Cook

October 05, 2022 10:30 - 31 minutes - 57.7 MB

Mark and Kate talk to Jacques Pépin, one of the originators of home cooking, about working in his mother's restaurant kitchen, choosing a job at Howard Johnson's over one with President Kennedy, and cooking with your gut. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/pepin Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on ...

Are Restaurants Too Shaken to Be Innovative?

September 28, 2022 10:30 - 22 minutes - 41.6 MB

Mark, Melissa, and Kate question if the restaurant industry can be groundbreaking again, what diners really want, go-to spots, and an insatiable craving for the past. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/restaurants1 Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagr...

Victor Hazan Remembers the Wonderful Marcella

September 21, 2022 10:30 - 36 minutes - 66.2 MB

Mark and Kate talk to Victor Hazan about having empathy for ingredients, pedagogy vs. mastery in cooking, and what made Marcella Hazan so extraordinary. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/victor-hazan Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbit...

A Humble Spice and a Dire Warning

September 14, 2022 10:30 - 35 minutes - 64.5 MB

Mark and Melissa talk to writer Amitav Ghosh about the contempt for nature that’s risen within modernity, how contemporary literature is complicit in the environmental crisis, and how a love of food and cooking can deeply impact passion for the earth. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/ghosh Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Ap...

The World's Most Charming Home Cooks

September 07, 2022 10:30 - 42 minutes - 77.2 MB

In a very special episode highlighting the joys and horrors of home cooking, Mark and Kate talk to Holly Haines, Kevin Becerra, and Lavin Marez about ironic takeout, fallback dinners, bagged salad, and cacio e pepe fails. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/homecooks Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark...

Writing About Food is a Thrill Like No Other

August 24, 2022 10:30 - 39 minutes - 71.8 MB

Mark talks to writer Bee Wilson about the disconnect between politicians and food, why Finland and South Korea are places to pay attention to, and the palm oil controversy. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/beewilson Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Inst...

Is Veganism an Impossible Standard?

August 17, 2022 10:30 - 38 minutes - 69.7 MB

Mark talks to anthropologist Barbara King and reducetarian Brian Kateman about the future of meat, the meaninglessness of the term "plant-based," and how animals feel. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/king-kateman Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instag...

Jewish Food Can Be Black Food - & Vice Versa

August 09, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutes - 60.8 MB

Mark talks to writer Michael Twitty about the origins of a cuisine, Twitty's days as a Hebrew school teacher, and the significance of Driving Miss Daisy. View this episode's recipe and show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/twitty Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman....

Kyle MacLachlan is an Awesome Cook (and Muse)

August 02, 2022 10:00 - 44 minutes - 81.7 MB

Mark and Kate talk to everyone's favorite actor about his least favorite body part, go-to meals, and making cappuccinos for the cast of Blue Velvet. View this episode's show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/maclachlan Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Subscribe t...

A Quick Hello From Mark

July 26, 2022 10:00 - 1 minute - 2.63 MB

The team is taking this week off - back next week with your regularly scheduled content, ie a lively convo with a guest that you’ll love. Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Subscribe to Mark's newsletter The Bittman Project at www.bittmanproject.com. Questions or comments abo...

Bill McKibben: Climate's Social Implications

July 19, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 66.9 MB

Mark talks to one of our planet's fiercest champions about the dire consequences of the 1980 Presidential election, the true ties between the climate crisis and racial justice, and what you can *actually* do to help. View this episode's show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/mckibben Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @b...

This Food Crisis Is Courtesy of the Letter C

July 12, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes - 410 MB

Mark talks with two of the world's most knowledgeable food experts, Jennifer Clapp and Raj Patel, about why the Ukrainian conflict affects the US food supply in such a profound way, whether or not we have an actual global food system, and why the hell we're okay with a "base threshold" of hunger levels. View this episode's show notes here: https://www.bittmanproject.com/p/clapp-patel Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please ...