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'''Mark Bittman''', a popular and generally admired food writer, is known for his simple recipes and no-nonsense style. A self-proclaimed home cook, Bittman is not a trained chef but developed an interest in food through his career as a journalist. He is the creator of ''The New York Times'' cooking column ''The Minimalist'' (now in its eleventh year), accompanying web videos, and his daily blog, ''Bitten''. He's the author of several cookbooks and he appears regularly on both commercial and public television. |
'''Mark Bittman''', a popular and generally admired food writer, is known for his simple recipes and no-nonsense style. A self-proclaimed home cook, Bittman is not a trained chef but developed an interest in food through his career as a journalist. He is the creator of ''The New York Times'' cooking column ''The Minimalist'' (now in its eleventh year), accompanying web videos, and his daily blog, ''Bitten''. He's the author of several cookbooks and he appears regularly on both commercial and public television. |
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Mark Bittman, a popular and generally admired food writer, is known for his simple recipes and no-nonsense style. A self-proclaimed home cook, Bittman is not a trained chef but developed an interest in food through his career as a journalist. He is the creator of The New York Times cooking column The Minimalist (now in its eleventh year), accompanying web videos, and his daily blog, Bitten. He's the author of several cookbooks and he appears regularly on both commercial and public television.
Bittman’s best-selling How to Cook Everything––which won the IACP/Julia Child award, the James Beard award, and three international cookbook awards––is the bible of basic cooking for millions of Americans, and is in its fifteenth printing; the 10th anniversary, completely revised edition was published in October, 2008. In 2007, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian (winner of an IACP/Julia Child award and nominee for a James Beard award) was published to critical acclaim and has been lauded as helping to further introduce vegetarian cooking to mainstream America.
January 2009 marked the release of Food Matters, Bittman’s exploration of the link between global warming and other environmental challenges, obesity and lifestyle diseases, and the overproduction and overconsumption of meat, simple carbohydrates, and junk food. Food Matters analyzes how the American diet is taking a toll on both human and planetary health, and it offers a viable solution to this dual problem in the form of a diet––and recipes––based on reduced consumption, or sane eating.
The publication of Food Matters followed a pair of articles on issues related to the state of food production for The New York Times Week in Review, called “Rethinking the Meat Guzzler” and “The Future of Fish”. He also gave a highly regarded talk at the EG Conference in 2007 entitled, “What’s Wrong with What We Eat.”
In addition to his writing, Mr. Bittman is also the host of the Public Television series Bittman Takes on America's Chefs, which first aired in spring 2005, later won the James Beard Award for the best cooking series of that year, and continues to run regularly. The second season, The Best Recipes in the World, aired a year later (and is also in re-runs); in 2008 he appeared with Gwyneth Paltrow and Mario Batali, in a show called Spain: On the Road Again. He also appears twice a month on NBC's Today show, usually on Wednesdays.
In the late 90s, Mr. Bittman created a best-selling collaboration with the internationally celebrated chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Their classic, Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef, is widely considered to be among the most accessible chef's cookbooks available. Mr. Bittman's first book, Fish—The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking is the best-selling contemporary book on the subject. Among his other works are The Best Recipes in the World (a companion to his television series) and the award-winning Minimalist cookbooks, now collected in Mark Bittman's Simple and Easy Recipes from The New York Times.
Bittman has two adult daughters, Kate Bittman and Emma Baar-Bittman; he is married to Times graphic designer and art director Kelly Doe; they live in New York City. Beyond his writing and cooking, Bittman is an avid runner and private pilot.
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