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Food with Mark Bittman

Food with Mark Bittman

Mark Bittman

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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!

Episodes

Ted Genoways: The Ongoing Saga of the JBS Beef Plant

Ted Genoways: The Ongoing Saga of the JBS Beef Plant

Thousands of workers at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, Colorado, one of the largest US meatpacking facilities, have gone on strike over alleged unfair labor practices—the first major strike at a US beef slaughterhouse in 40 years. We're revisiting our conversation with journalist Ted Genoways, who last year reported on allegations of human trafficking at the JBS plant: the viral TikTok video that started it all, the thousands of Haitian migrants in the crosshairs, and how JBS' HR department saw it as a positive thing. Want to listen to Ted's reporting on Greeley? You can do that here: https://revealnews.org/podcast/immigrants-on-the-line/ 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
32min•Mar 25, 2026
Omar Tate and Cybille St. Aude Tate: Assigning Meaning to Every Plate

Omar Tate and Cybille St. Aude Tate: Assigning Meaning to Every Plate

The chefs, and owners of Philly's much-loved Honeysuckle, talk to Kate and Mark about how they personally define a "Black" dish; the two very distinct formats behind the food that typically represents the US Black diaspora; why their original business model didn't work and how they fixed it—and learned from it; and their big love story. 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
35min•Mar 18, 2026
In Which Mark Chats With Laura Linney

In Which Mark Chats With Laura Linney

In this revisited episode, Mark talks to award-winning actress Laura Linney about fantastic female roles, the parallels between cooking and acting, and her memories of the iconic Truman Show. 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
27min•Mar 11, 2026
Arnold Myint: Writer, Chef, Dad, Gorgeous Drag Queen

Arnold Myint: Writer, Chef, Dad, Gorgeous Drag Queen

The Nashville-based chef talks to Kate and Mark about how and why he finally feels recognized, how his drag has served as both a crutch and a hindrance—in the food world and elsewhere, and the priceless support he grew up with from his hippie parents (and why so much of what he does comes from that). Read an excerpt—and get some recipes—from Arnold's book, Family Thai, on The Bittman Project: https://bittmanproject.com/my-way-or-the-thai-way/ 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
35min•Mar 5, 2026
Babes in Pod-Land: Samantha Irby and Lindy West

Babes in Pod-Land: Samantha Irby and Lindy West

The supremely talented and charismatic writers talk to Kate about mail ordering fancy ice cream, the beauty of "store food," and watching hours and hours of TV together. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
41min•Feb 25, 2026
Jyoti and Auyon Mukharji: My Mother, My Masala

Jyoti and Auyon Mukharji: My Mother, My Masala

The mother and son duo—co-authors of Heartland Masala —talk to Kate and Mark about what it was like to tour to more than 40 cities together (and, specifically, why it was so wonderful); "mock" authenticity and further thoughts on the authenticity conversation in general, especially as it relates to second-generation immigrants; and "fusion" versus "traditional." Plus: deep thoughts about butter chicken. Get Jyoti and Auyon's recipes for Masala Brussels Sprouts: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/masala-brussels-sprouts/...and Narkol Cholar Daal (Split and Hulled Chickpeas with Coconut): https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/narkol-cholar-daal-split-and-hulled-chickpeas-with-coconut/ 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
43min•Feb 18, 2026
Tom Colicchio Still Loves to Cook

Tom Colicchio Still Loves to Cook

The chef and activist talks to Kate and Mark about why, for the first time in 25 years, he's overhauling the menu at Craft; what makes a restaurant popular (even when it's not good); where all the good cooks have gone; and why he dislikes sous vide so much. Plus: some great cooking tips. 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
27min•Feb 11, 2026
Marion Nestle and Mark Digest the 2026 Dietary Guidelines

Marion Nestle and Mark Digest the 2026 Dietary Guidelines

Food policy expert Marion Nestle chats with Mark about their initial reactions to the new dietary guidelines: what's good, what's bad, and what's disturbing. Plus: Is the current protein craze just a marketing scheme that's done particularly well for the marketers, or should we all be jumping on the bandwagon? 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
32min•Feb 4, 2026
Revisiting Kate's Conversation with Phoebe Robinson

Revisiting Kate's Conversation with Phoebe Robinson

The comedian talks to Kate about her show, Clash of the Cookbooks, and why we need more positive television; being a podcasting pioneer; the beauty of a good graze; and, for the first time, making content that her beloved niece and nephew are allowed to watch. 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
35min•Jan 28, 2026
Everybody Loves Kyle (MacLachlan)

Everybody Loves Kyle (MacLachlan)

In this revisiting of an excellent episode from 2022, the actor (and Tiktok's favorite dad) talks to Kate and Mark about his least favorite body part, go-to meals, and making cappuccinos for the cast of Blue Velvet. Plus: the question Mark's "been meaning to ask" him for 30 years. 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
45min•Jan 21, 2026
Nancy Matsumoto: How Women Are Rebuilding the Food System

Nancy Matsumoto: How Women Are Rebuilding the Food System

The James Beard Award-winning writer talks to Kate and guest co-host Kathleen Finlay about how women are uniquely equipped to tackle and repair our broken food system; why cooperation over competition is so effective; the constant throughline when talking with only female producers; and how you can support efforts—both as a buyer and as an activist. 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
42min•Jan 14, 2026
Lyndsay C. Green on Honoring Her Own Experiences

Lyndsay C. Green on Honoring Her Own Experiences

The Pulitzer finalist and James Beard award winning journalist talks to Kate and Mark about how restaurant critics have to "split themselves"; being "accidentally anonymous" and how she became comfortable with telling that story; chasing curiosity; and how she went from a born and bred New Yorker to loving Detroit. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
32min•Jan 8, 2026
Revisiting Kate’s Conversation with Alain Ducasse

Revisiting Kate’s Conversation with Alain Ducasse

The innovative chef talks to Kate about the importance of cultivating one's own identity, notably when it comes to food; why he's not in the business of nostalgia; his unique ability to read the taste of food; and his new memoir, Good Taste. PLUS: More from food stylist Barrett Washburne, who talks to Kate about wasted plate space, giving props to prop stylists, and how to style brown food. 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
28min•Dec 31, 2025
Revisiting Mark’s conversation with Jamie Oliver

Revisiting Mark’s conversation with Jamie Oliver

The wildly popular chef and champion of good food talks to Mark about what's changed in his almost 25 years of cooking in the public eye, big picture food advice, and why there's room for optimism. Find the recipes from today's episode at bittmanproject.com/recipe/jamie-olivers-charred-brussels/ and bittmanproject.com/recipe/jools-chocolate-dreams/ 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
26min•Dec 24, 2025
David Nayfeld and Aliza Sokolow: Dad, What’s for Dinner?

David Nayfeld and Aliza Sokolow: Dad, What’s for Dinner?

Chef David Nayfield (and author of Dad, What's for Dinner?) and author and educator Aliza Sokolow join Kate to chat about the quirks of cooking for (and with) and feeding kids. On the table: simple ways to get kids involved and interested in cooking (and eating good food), remembering when ketchup counted as a vegetable in schools, and understanding your roles in your kids' eating habits and patterns (you're the salesperson!). Get David's recipes for Chicken (Or Anything) Milanese: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/chicken-or-anything-milanese/...and Tuscan Sausage, Bean, and Kale Soup: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/tuscan-sausage-bean-and-kale-soup/ 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
33min•Dec 17, 2025
Leslie Soble: Eating Behind Bars

Leslie Soble: Eating Behind Bars

Impact/Justice's Leslie Soble, an internationally recognized voice on the carceral eating experience, talks to Kate and Mark about what eating in prison is really like. The three discuss food as an active form of punishment, the deep connection between the critical problems of hunger and food waste, creative things incarcerated people do to stay nourished, and the good work that select organizations are doing to bring better food to prisons. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
31min•Dec 10, 2025
Pyet DeSpain’s Meaningful Culinary Pivot, and What Led to It

Pyet DeSpain’s Meaningful Culinary Pivot, and What Led to It

The chef and host of PBS's Spirit Plate talks to Kate and Mark about the moment she realized she didn't feel connected to the food she was cooking—and what she did to fix that, a dinner party that changed everything, why and how her conversations about food and culture with Native American youth around the country are so important, and one of her favorite Indigenous food traditions—cooking with rocks. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
41min•Dec 3, 2025
Season Chasing with Jody Williams and Rita Sodi

Season Chasing with Jody Williams and Rita Sodi

In this episode from late 2022, the beloved restaurateurs behind New York's Via Carota and I Sodi talk to Kate and to guest host Melissa McCart about being a purist vs a regionalist, the supreme reign of artichokes, and how to buy good olive oil. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
20min•Nov 26, 2025
For Nick Hartanto, Love for Food Translates to Meaningful Stories

For Nick Hartanto, Love for Food Translates to Meaningful Stories

The director—and the first Indonesian-American filmmaker to qualify for an Oscar!—chats with Kate and Mark about his new autobiographical short film, Daly City. Nick talks about what his parents thought about the film, why the biggest challenge of making the film was finding the actors, and the themes within—notably the internal conflict of the model minority and the bittersweet nature of the American dream. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
36min•Nov 19, 2025
Dorie Greenspan: "I Still Think Baking Is Magic"

Dorie Greenspan: "I Still Think Baking Is Magic"

Bestselling—and much beloved—food writer Dorie Greenspan (new book: Dorie's Anytime Cakes) talks to Kate and her old pal Mark. Get ready for lots of reminiscing about the "old days" of food writing—when there was no internet! The three also talk about finding the ultimate end-of-day joy in cooking and baking, trying unexpected ingredients in baking, and the creativity that can be found in a single subject (like cakes). Get Dorie's recipes for Morning, Noon and Night Thanksgiving Cake: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/morning-noon-and-night-thanksgiving-cake/...and Cocoa-Swirled Pumpkin Bundt: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/dorie-greenspans-cocoa-swirled-pumpkin-bundt/ 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. Want more food content? Hosted on Acast.
36min•Nov 12, 2025