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Mark Bittman        

Former NYT Writer; Bestselling Author of "How to Cook Everything" Series; Editor-in-Chief of The Bittman Project

Mark Bittman has been a leading voice in food culture and policy for forty years. He has written thirty books, including "How to Cook Everything" and "Animal, Vegetable, Junk." He is the editor-in-chief of The Bittman Project.

Bittman is most famous for writing his growing collection of cookbooks, including the "How to Cook Everything" series, and his revolutionary "VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00" approach to diet. Bittman’s most recent book is Dinner for Everyone. He’s also become a significant voice challenging how our current food system fails in almost every way to provide the most basic essentials for human life — real, good food. And he’s exploring how innovators around the world are doing just that. A former New York Times food writer, Bittman is one of the few people who can speak with authority on virtually all aspects of food.

Bittman’s 2007 TED talk has had more than three million views and he has spoken at dozens of universities and conferences.

Speech Topics


Getting Serious About Food: Safety, Hunger & Sustainability

Eating Like Food Matters

What We Can Do About Obesity

Personal Food Policy: The Importance of Conscious Eating

Reducing Consumption to Heal the Planet & Ourselves

What's Wrong with the Way We Eat

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Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating

In this talk, Mark Bittman draws the vital links between our diet, our health, and climate change. Meat, simple carbohydrates and junk food are being overproduced and overconsumed. And our bodies, as well as the planet, are paying the price. Bittman, however, is optimistic. With simple adjustments, he helps you eat more sanely, more consciously, by becoming less reliant on animal products and nutritionally worthless food. His approach helped him lose 35 pounds, solve health problems, and reduce his personal impact on the environment. The steps he proposes are not effortless (eat less meat, and none before 6pm), but they amount to the most meaningful lifestyle change you'll ever try, and they'll make you rethink your relationship to food. A highly engaging speaker, Bittman shows us how our food is produced, how it's marketed, and how it'sconsumedproviding a timely, comprehensive answer to why food matters.

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News


Opinion | We Need to Hear More About Food Issues From Harris ...
Oct 14, 2024 ... Mark Bittman is a former Opinion columnist and lecturer on health policy food at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. His books include “How ...
Get your kids more involved in the kitchen with these hands-on ...
Nov 17, 2024 ... Kids in the kitchen: chaos or bliss? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and her children join Mark Bittman to try out some kid-friendly recipes from his new book "How To ...
Mark Bittman - The New York Times
Oct 14, 2024 ... Mr. Bittman covers topics including public health, veganism, energy use and climate change, as well as helping people figure out what to cook for dinner.
Opinion | Mark Bittman: How to Make Really Good Bread - The New ...
Nov 26, 2021 ... Mark Bittman is on the faculty of Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health and is the author, most recently, of “Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food ...

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