
Food with Mark Bittman
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.If you have a minute, we'd love it if you'd take a short survey about our show! Head here: http://bit.ly/foodwithmarkbittman-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes

Nov 9, 2022 • 39min
Dan Levy's Big Love is Food (But Not Cooking)
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/levySubscribe 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 about the show? Email food@markbittman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 2, 2022 • 45min
Cory Booker: Food Isn't a Tidy Partisan Issue
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/bookerSubscribe 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 about the show? Email food@markbittman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 26, 2022 • 35min
Alice Waters, First Lady of Food
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/watersSubscribe 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 about the show? Email food@markbittman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 19, 2022 • 38min
Diwali Desserts & Dishing with Hetal Vasavada
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/vasavadaSubscribe 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 about the show? Email food@markbittman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 12, 2022 • 31min
Roadtripping (and Eating) with Linda Ronstadt
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/ronstadtSubscribe 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 about the show? Email food@markbittman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 5, 2022 • 31min
Jacques Pépin: A Rare Breed of Chef AND Cook
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/pepinSubscribe 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 about the show? Email food@markbittman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 28, 2022 • 23min
Are Restaurants Too Shaken to Be Innovative?
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/restaurants1Subscribe 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 about the show? Email food@markbittman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 21, 2022 • 36min
Victor Hazan Remembers the Wonderful Marcella
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-hazanSubscribe 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 about the show? Email food@markbittman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 14, 2022 • 35min
A Humble Spice and a Dire Warning
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/ghoshSubscribe 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 about the show? Email food@markbittman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 7, 2022 • 42min
The World's Most Charming Home Cooks
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/homecooksSubscribe 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 about the show? Email food@markbittman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.