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Food with Mark Bittman — 244 episodes

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1

Alton Brown, Talking From the Can

2

The Unique Complexities of Perennial Foods—and Why You Should Care

3

Sheldon Simeon: Ohana Means Family

4

When Food (Truly) Has the Capacity to Heal

5

Approaches to Food Access: Dylan Alverson and Jason Finder

6

Helen Veit: How, Exactly, Did Kids Become So Picky?

7

Ted Genoways: The Ongoing Saga of the JBS Beef Plant

8

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

9

In Which Mark Chats With Laura Linney

10

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

11

Babes in Pod-Land: Samantha Irby and Lindy West

12

Jyoti and Auyon Mukharji: My Mother, My Masala

13

Tom Colicchio Still Loves to Cook

14

Marion Nestle and Mark Digest the 2026 Dietary Guidelines

15

Revisiting Kate's Conversation with Phoebe Robinson

16

Everybody Loves Kyle (MacLachlan)

17

Nancy Matsumoto: How Women Are Rebuilding the Food System

18

Lyndsay C. Green on Honoring Her Own Experiences

19

Revisiting Kate’s Conversation with Alain Ducasse

20

Revisiting Mark’s conversation with Jamie Oliver

21

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

22

Leslie Soble: Eating Behind Bars

23

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

24

Season Chasing with Jody Williams and Rita Sodi

25

For Nick Hartanto, Love for Food Translates to Meaningful Stories

26

Dorie Greenspan: "I Still Think Baking Is Magic"

27

Diane Kochilas Talks About the REAL Mediterranean Diet

28

Alice Waters: A Revolutionary Reinterpretation of the Classic School Lunch

29

Fadi Kattan Pays a Loving Tribute to Bethlehem

30

Paul Schiefer and Ken Cook: What Makes Amy’s So Unique

31

Michael Twitty: What, Specifically, Makes Southern Food So Unique

32

Weight Loss: What's Science and What's Pseudoscience?

33

Nicole Dawes: Brand Building With a Side of Childhood Values

34

The Cancerous Elephant in Iowa’s Room

35

Mavis-Jay Sanders and Mark Bittman: Community Kitchen, Part Two!

36

Rae Gomes and Mark Bittman: Community Kitchen, Part One!

37

Andrea and Clara Nguyen: Vegetable-Centric Vietnamese

38

What the Hell Is Whole Wheat, Anyway?

39

Paul Rice: Activism and Patience Go Hand-In-Hand

40

Lelani Lewis: Flipping the Script on Code Noir

41

Pooja Bavishi: “You Can’t Get More Americana Than Ice Cream”

42

Why Jason Buechel Is Optimistic About the Future of Our Food System

43

Appetite for Change: Letting the Community Lead

44

Jenique Jones: Hunger and Poverty Are Policy Choices

45

How Memories of Her Mother’s Cooking Saved Chantha Nguon’s Life

46

David A. Kessler, MD: GLP-1 Drugs and "Re-Learning" to Eat

47

Erik Piepenburg: Gay Restaurants and Why They’re So Important

48

Ted Genoways: How José Cuervo Marked a Turning Point in Mexico’s History

49

Ari Kolender, Seafood Master

50

Khushbu Shah and the Art of Improvising

51

What Are the Drinking Trends on a Cruise Ship?

52

Hawa Hassan: How Do You Tell More Than a Single Story?

53

The Simpsons: Eating Guacamole Off Seabirds

54

Jamila Robinson: The Food World Deserves a Seat at the Table

55

A Trip to the Dirty Kitchen with Jill Damatac

56

Yes, Dan Levy Really Is That Great

57

Rick Martinez's New Book Changed the Way He Cooks

58

Vanessa Lavorato: An Edible Journey

59

Cory Booker May Represent Our Best Possible Future

60

Ted Genoways: Human Trafficking + the Meatpacking Industry

61

What Is It Really Like to Be a Black Farmer in the US?

62

Laurie Woolever: Batali, Bourdain, and All the Nuance

63

Sutton Foster on Evolving Into a Good Eater

64

Julian Baggini: How the World Eats

65

At Michele Norris's Home, the Kitchen Takes Center Stage

66

Alton Brown Looks Back

67

Food Addiction and the Path to Real, Positive Change

68

Jared Blumenfeld: Let's Fight for a Joyful Future

69

Bradley Tusk Knows Firsthand: Feeding People Is a Solvable Problem

70

Paula Daniels Is Arranging a World Around Good Food

71

Phoebe Robinson and the Beauty of Nerding Out

72

Kate Rutherford: At the Intersection of Rock Climbing and Good Food

73

Jeremy Salamon: Hungarian Food From a 2nd Generation POV

74

Ben Mims: The Soul of a Cookie

75

Brita and Bryce Lundberg: When Rice = Family

76

Warm and Cozy Chats with Regula Ysewijn and Carolyn Robb

77

Secretary Tom Vilsack: The Future of Farming and Food

78

Calvin Trillin and His Biggest Fan, Mark Bittman

79

Bryan Ford: It’s a Great Time to Be a Baker

80

What’s It Like to Be a Chef on a Cruise Ship?

81

Jody Eddy: Inspired by Food in Divine Places

82

Al Roker and Courtney Roker Laga: Bringing the Charm

83

Alice Waters, Spence Medford, and Farm to School Lunch

84

Alexander Smalls: In the African Community, Food Is Currency

85

Julia Turshen on Feeling Gratitude in the Kitchen

86

Exposing the Toxic Underbelly of Tyson Foods

87

A Love Letter to Bangkok in NYC's West Village

88

Exploring School Lunch In Meghalaya, India

89

How Food in the US Is Used to Divide and Conquest

90

Is Alcohol the Tobacco of the 21st Century?

91

Fixing the Food System, One Generation at a Time

92

Why There’s No Simple “Solution” to Food and Agriculture Issues

93

Jean-Martin Bauer: Famine Is Not a Natural Event

94

Senator Bennet: Food Rights Are Everyone’s Rights

95

Everybody Has an Idea for a Cooking Show

96

We Love Chef Toya Boudy

97

This Is What Community Looks Like

98

René Redzepi: "Let's Be a Part of Something Different"

99

Cooking Can Always Become Simpler

100

Do We Ask the Organic System to Do Too Much?

101

The Sweetest of the Sweets: Abi Balingit

102

Francesco Turrisi: Pasta Rules!

103

Khushbu Shah: Call It Fusion With Intention

104

Fadi Kattan: The Real Bethlehem, and Its Food

105

What We Talk About When We Talk About BBQ

106

What’s Wrong With School Food – And What’s Right?

107

Unpacking 18th Century Food with A.J. Jacobs

108

For Chantha Nguon, Family Recipes Are a Lifeline

109

What Can Make You More Susceptible to Food Addiction?

110

Alain Ducasse: The Best Is Yet to Come

111

Earth Day, with Earth Warrior Bill McKibben

112

What We Can Learn From School Lunch in Japan

113

Alice Waters: Still Expanding Her Legacy

114

Tom Philpott: How to Unleash Innovation in Farm Country

115

Von Diaz: The Beauty and Importance of Island Cooking

116

"Having Nonalcoholic Spirits Keeps Me From F-ing Up"

117

What We Can — And Should — Learn From Peasants

118

Lelani Lewis Happily Accepts the Title of Activist

119

Greg D'Alesandre Really, Really Loves Chocolate

120

Mavis-Jay Sanders: I Just Want to Feed People Good Food

121

Jamie Oliver: Cooking Is a Superpower

122

George Stiffman: What's So Special About Tofu?

123

Michele Norris: Food Is How We Find Each Other

124

Feeding Kids Can Be a Total Pain - or Not!

125

GLWD's Andre Daquigan: Food is Love, Always

126

Kate Rutherford: Rock Climbing Meets Great Food

127

Claudia Roden and the Meaning of Jewish Food

128

"Live" with José Andrés and Mark Bittman!

129

The Episode to Listen to While You're Cooking

130

How the Best Chefs and Cooks Do Thanksgiving

131

Vietnamese Cooking in the US Goes Full Circle

132

The Choreography of Cooking

133

JP Park: There Are No Rules in Korean Food

134

Changing Lunch Options, One School at a Time

135

Andrew Friedman: The Lives Behind Your Meal

136

Jacques Pépin: The Best Home Cook Ever

137

The Great Potential of a Nonprofit Restaurant

138

Klancy Miller: Good Change in the Food World

139

Food: 1960s vs. Now, with Michael Jacobson

140

Frank Bruni: Losing Vision, Finding Vision

141

Kin Lui and Casson Trenor: Veganizing Sushi

142

Talking Junk with Chris van Tulleken

143

Calvin Trillin: Food as Comic Relief

144

How Cookie Monster Shows Kids How to Eat Well

145

Chris Morocco: What is a Recipe, Anyway?

146

Bill McKibben: There's a Lot We Can Be Doing

147

Bow Down to Dessert Queen Abi Balingit!

148

Lalo García is the Definition of a Maverick

149

Revisiting a Chat with an Old Pal: Al Roker

150

Nasim Alikhani: The Beauty of Layers

151

Niki Segnit is a Self-Taught Flavor Genius

152

Ed and Ryan Mitchell — and the Magic of BBQ

153

Dr. David Katz Weighs in on the Body Wars

154

Selling Candy on the Subway: Kwame Onwuachi

155

To Know Tim Ryan is to Love Tim Ryan

156

Eating Jellybeans Meticulously with Sam Irby

157

A Warm Welcome to Margaret Cho & Rachel Belle

158

Senator Bennet: Access to Food is a Right

159

Manu Buffara is Bringing Curitiba to Manhattan

160

Earth Day: Jane Goodall and Lauren Sweeney

161

Delia Ephron on the Joys of Sisters — & Food

162

Dan Ahdoot is Not a Fan of Giant Raw Clams

163

José Andrés: Shorter Walls, Longer Tables

164

Nigella Lawson, the Second Time Around

165

Adam Gopnik Knows the Secret to Soufflés

166

Feeding Kids: Eden Grinshpan + Aliza Sokolow

167

The Unprecedented Eric Ripert

168

Mrs. Brightside: The Inspiring Toya Boudy

169

Vishwesh Bhatt: WTF Does Heritage Truly Mean?

170

Black Farmers Own Just 1% of US Farmland

171

Peter Hoffman and the 'High Fashion' of Food

172

Dinner in Your Underwear: David Sedaris

173

Eric Kim is a Big Fan of Zombie Vegetables

174

Pinky Cole: Making Vegan Food for Non-Vegans

175

Chinese Vegetarian Cooking with Hannah Che

176

The Inspiring Persistence of Marion Nestle

177

Mince Pies for Everyone!

178

The Marvelous Claudia Roden

179

The Season is Boss: Jody Williams & Rita Sodi

180

The Myth of Mise en Place

181

Thanksgiving Pt 2: Less Crazy, More Cozy

182

Thanksgiving Pt 1: Rituals, Struggles, & FOOD

183

Dan Levy's Big Love is Food (But Not Cooking)

184

Cory Booker: Food Isn't a Tidy Partisan Issue

185

Alice Waters, First Lady of Food

186

Diwali Desserts & Dishing with Hetal Vasavada

187

Roadtripping (and Eating) with Linda Ronstadt

188

Jacques Pépin: A Rare Breed of Chef AND Cook

189

Are Restaurants Too Shaken to Be Innovative?

190

Victor Hazan Remembers the Wonderful Marcella

191

A Humble Spice and a Dire Warning

192

The World's Most Charming Home Cooks

193

Writing About Food is a Thrill Like No Other

194

Is Veganism an Impossible Standard?

195

Jewish Food Can Be Black Food - & Vice Versa

196

Kyle MacLachlan is an Awesome Cook (and Muse)

197

A Quick Hello From Mark

198

Bill McKibben: Climate's Social Implications

199

This Food Crisis Is Courtesy of the Letter C

200

How Purposeful Farming Can Change Everything

201

Say Hello to Deb Freeman & Setting the Table

202

Vive La Femme: Samantha Irby and Lindy West

203

Juneteenth

204

Great Food, Big Love, and Miss Emily Meggett

205

There is No Meat in this Episode

206

Kwame Onwuachi & the Draw of Intentional Food

207

Lesley Nicol on Veganism & Being Mrs. Patmore

208

Frank Bruni and the Hidden Beauty of Aging

209

The Glorious, Victorious Asma Khan

210

The Joyful Anomaly: Al Roker

211

Alison Bechdel on Eating and Cartooning

212

Sheldon Simeon and the Hawai'i You Don't Know

213

Secretary Tom Vilsack Reimagines Food Policy

214

Who’s Interviewing Who? It’s Laura Linney!

215

Coming Soon: Mark is back with Laura Linney and more.

216

Bittman Bread!

217

Reimagining Soul Food w/ Chris Carter

218

Chef Yotam Ottolenghi and Mayukh Sen

219

Ray Anthony Barrett Talks Art and Food

220

The New Guard of the Food World

221

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi

222

Cookie Monster and Gonger Tell All!

223

Sutton Foster and the Beauty of First Tastes

224

Black Farmers and the Way Forward

225

Stanley Tucci's Life Through Food

226

Marcia Chatelain and the McUniverse

227

David Sedaris on the Beauty of Jello

228

José Andrés on Feeding the World

229

Activist Raj Patel on Food Justice

230

Moby Talks Music, Veganism, and Sobriety

231

Chef Tom Colicchio Talks Food and Food Advocacy

232

Bon Appétit Editor Dawn Davis

233

The Ever Hopeful Jane Goodall

234

The Big Barbecue Special with Adrian E. Miller

235

Stephen Satterfield on Food Origins and Race

236

The Graceful Evolution of Eric Ripert

237

Carla Hall Takes a Culinary Tour of the South

238

Ted Danson on Eating Fish with a Clean Conscience

239

Nigella Lawson

240

Bittman Bite: The Perfect Five Minute Salad

241

Bittman Bite: Grilled Chicken Kabobs

242

Bittman Bite: Fish Tacos

243

Bittman Bite: The Best Grilled Cheese Ever

244

Bittman Bite: Summer Gazpacho