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Mark Bittman
Bittman at the 2017 Texas Book Festival
Bittman at the 2017Texas Book Festival
Born(1950-02-17)February 17, 1950(age 74)
OccupationJournalist, author
NationalityAmerican
Alma materClark University
Notable awardsJulia Child awards,
James Beard awards
PartnerKathleen Finlay
Children2

Mark Bittman(born February 17, 1950[1]) is an American foodjournalist,author, and former columnist forThe New York Times.Bittman has promoted VB6 (vegan before 6:00), aflexitariandiet.[2]

Career

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Bittman is a journalist, food writer, and author of 30 books, including the bestsellingHow to Cook Everything,and a number of other books in the same series (How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, How to Cook Everything - The Basics, etc.) and the NYT bestsellerVB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00.He has been the recipient of numerousInternational Association of Culinary Professionals,Julia Child,andJames Beardawards for his writing.[3]

Bittman was an Opinion columnist forThe New York Times,a food columnist for the paper's Dining section, and the lead food writer forThe New York Times Magazine.His column, "The Minimalist," ran inThe New York Timesfor more than 13 years; the final column was published on January 26, 2011.[4]He also hosted a weekly "Minimalist" cooking video on theNew York Timeswebsite.[5]

Bittman is a regular guest onNBC'sThe Today Showand theNPRshowsAll Things ConsideredandWait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.He appeared as a guest judge on theFood Networkcompetition seriesChoppedand was featured alongsideGwyneth PaltrowandMario Bataliin a PBS series calledSpain... on the Road Againin 2008. In 2014, Bittman appeared as a correspondent for the climate change documentary showYears of Living Dangerously.[6]

In 2015, Bittman announced he would be leaving theNew York Timesto joinPurple Carrot(which subsequently received press for its partnership withTom Brady) as its chief innovation officer.[7]Bittman spent less than a year with Purple Carrot.[8]

In 2019, Bittman started a food magazine withMedium.[8]The magazine is currently named Heated.[9]

Books

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Bittman has written and co-written 16 books and cookbooks. Bittman's most recent cookbook,How to Cook Everything Fast,was released October 7, 2014.[10]In 2005 he published the booksThe Best Recipes in the WorldandBittman Takes on America's Chefs,and hosted the Public Television seriesBittman Takes on America's Chefs,which won theJames Beard Awardfor best cooking series.[11]In 2007 he publishedHow to Cook Everything Vegetarian.In 2009 he published the bookFood Matters,which covers food-related topics such as environmental challenges, lifestyle diseases, overproduction and over-consumption of meat and simple carbohydrates. He also began the TV seriesKitchen Express.Bittman has written the booksThe Minimalist Cooks at Home,The Minimalist Cooks DinnerandThe Minimalist Entertains.[11]In 2010 Bittman createdThe Food Matters Cookbook,an expansion of the principles and recipes in his prior book. In 2021, he publishedAnimal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal,in which he argues thatfree market capitalismandcorporate farmingcontribute to the major public health and environmental issues in modern agriculture.[12]

VB6

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Bittman has authoredVB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00(2013) andThe VB6 Cookbook(2014), where he recommends aflexitariandiet.[13][14][15]The idea behind VB6 is to eatveganfood before 6pm and any food afterwards while limiting processed foods.[16][17]

TheBritish Dietetic Associationnamed the VB6 diet as one of the "Top 5 Worst Celebrity Diets to Avoid in 2015".[18][19]

Personal life

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Bittman is a graduate ofStuyvesant High School(1967) andClark University.[20]He lived in Berkeley, California from 2015 to 2017[20]and has two adult daughters from a prior marriage.

Bittman runs marathons, is a licensed pilot,[11][21]and now lives inCold Spring, New York.[21]

Bittman isJewish,and his grandparents emigrated fromUkraineandRomania.[22]He claims to follow his VB6 diet.[23]

Quotes

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Not only is a semi-vegan diet easier to sustain than a full vegan diet, there's no reason to be one hundred percent vegan. There's not really an argument for that except if you have an ethical argument. That's okay. That's fine. But there's not a health reason. There's not a practical reason. I think it's just a matter of eating more plants, not a matter of eatingonlyplants. That is what I was thinking when I created VB6: that this was a more reasonable, more moderate way to do this for people—and hopefully more achievable. But it's not going to happen on a big scale until we teach kids how to eat right. It's hard to teach grownups. We all know that.

— Mark Bittman, in 2015[24]

References

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  1. ^"Bittman, Mark".Library of Congress Name Authority File.Library of Congress.RetrievedApril 12,2016.
  2. ^"Mark Bittman explains why being a part-time vegan makes sense".Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. ^"Mark Bittman".PBSFood.RetrievedJuly 31,2013.
  4. ^Mark Bittman,"The Minimalist Makes His Exit",The New York Times,January 26, 2011.
  5. ^"The Minimalist - YouTube".YouTube.Archived fromthe originalon March 6, 2016.RetrievedSeptember 19,2014.
  6. ^""Years of Living Dangerously" Correspondent ".Archived fromthe originalon December 18, 2022.RetrievedJune 17,2016.
  7. ^Aubrey, Allison (November 2, 2015)."From Gray Lady To Purple Carrot: Bittman Adds Spice To Vegan Meal Startup".NPR.org.
  8. ^abPeiser, Jaclyn (March 19, 2019)."Mark Bittman Is Starting a Food Magazine at Medium".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
  9. ^"About".Mark Bittman.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
  10. ^Bittman, Mark (2014).Order How to Cook Everything Fast: A Better Way to Cook Great Food.Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.ISBN978-0470936306.
  11. ^abc"Mark Bittman".Mark Bittman.
  12. ^Milman, Oliver (April 25, 2021)."Mark Bittman's warning: the true costs of our cheap food and the American diet".The Guardian.RetrievedApril 25,2021.
  13. ^"Mark Bittman Talks 'Vegan Before 6'".HuffPost. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  14. ^"Why Mark Bittman wants you to be a part-time vegan".NBC News. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  15. ^"Mark Bittman: “You Will Lose Weight” Eating Vegan Before 6 "ArchivedDecember 24, 2020, at theWayback Machine.Shape Magazine. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  16. ^"Will the Vegan Before Six diet help me lose weight?".British Heart Foundation. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  17. ^"Mark Bittman's VB6 Diet".WebMD.Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  18. ^SULLIVAN, REBECCA (December 11, 2014)."BDA releases top 5 worst celebrity diets to avoid in 2015".news.com.au.RetrievedDecember 7,2021.
  19. ^[1].British Dietetic Association. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  20. ^ab"Mark Bittman Defects to Berkeley From NYC, Launches Online Video Series,"Eater.comJune 8, 2015.[2]
  21. ^abBittman, Mark (June 14, 2017)."What I've Been Up To".Grub Street.
  22. ^Bittman, Mark (August 9, 2012)."Go Ahead, Send Me Packing".The New York Times.RetrievedJuly 19,2013.
  23. ^"Why I'm Not a Vegan".The New York Times.Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  24. ^Koven, Suzanne. (2015)."The Big Idea: Mark Bittman".Therumpus.net. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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