People need help to change the way they eat... this is what government is for in my opinion.... We should make food… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
“[C]onvenience is one of the two dirty words of American cooking, reflecting the part of our national character that is easily bored;… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
1 billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are overweight. — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
“Like pornography, junk [food] might be tough to define but you know it when you see it.” — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
Keeping some calorie-dense food in your diet-whether it is meat, pasta, beer, or cake-allows you to reach satiety more quickly and easily.… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
I think people at least now, as opposed to ten-15-20 years ago, kind of get it, what is the bad food. I… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
I live full-time in the world of omnivores, and I've never wanted to leave. But the Standard American Diet (yes, it's SAD) got to… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
Junk food companies are acting very much like tobacco companies did 30 years ago. — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
“All across Italy, as Parasecoli tells me, food is used to identify who is Italian and who is not. But dig a little deeper… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
People need help to change the way they eat... this is what government is for in my opinion.... We should make food an issue… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
If price spikes don't change eating habits, perhaps the combination of deforestation, pollution, climate change, starvation, heart disease and animal cruelty will gradually encourage… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
50-100 years from now we are all going to be eating a plant based diet. Whether that happens through a catastrophe or a peaceful… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
The truly healthy alternative to that chip is not a fake chip; it’s a carrot. — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them on the… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
If you embrace moderation, eat whole foods instead of junk, live within your physical, monetary, and environmental budget rather than constantly exceeding it, you… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
If you're a progressive, if you're driving a Prius, or you're shopping green or you're looking for organic, you should probably be a semi-vegetarian. — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image