Mark Bittman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Mark Bittman is a food journalist and author. Ex-NYTimes, author (How to Cook Everything, Animal Vegetable Junk, VB6 etc), team player @bittmanproject, host of "Food with Mark Bittman," grandpa!
What Goes with What: 100 Recipes, 20 Charts, Endless Possibilities
Julia TurshenMark BittmanA great book and sort of a recognition that once you start thinking about food in a bigger way and really know what you’re doing in the kitchen, ideas come easily. It’s a book of 20 charts, each with a formula for how to make something simple — salads, vegetables, soups, pastas...
Hardcover, 2024
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Animals' Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild
Barbara J. KingMark BittmanEverything Barbara J. King writes is worth reading; she is our leading voice...on the inner lives of animals. Her current work is about consciously cultivating the relationship we have — both as individuals and as a society — with other species. It’s fascinating stuff.
Hardcover, 2021
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ride the Pink Horse
Dorothy B. HughesMark BittmanBest noir of the year, even if it was written in 1947.
Paperback, 2021
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca MakkaiMark BittmanThe highest quality murder mystery imaginable. Brilliant.
Paperback, 2024
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Other Profile
Irene GraziosiMark BittmanI had a great deal of trouble with this, because I read it in Italian, and I’m like a five-year-old in that language... the English edition is out in February, so we can all read it together.
Hardcover, 2024
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bloodbath Nation
Paul AusterMark BittmanIt’s a different kind of book – there are photos, and anecdotes, and arguments, and it’s personal, and it’s global … he’s a fine and original writer, and the book is worthy of his talents.
Paperback, 2025
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heartburn
Nora EphronMark BittmanA book that I might even call one-of-a-kind... it’s a novel about infidelity, and heartbreak, and other things that aren’t happy, but it still reads as funny and even joyful at times. I reread it two weeks ago... and I just could not believe how well it has held up.
Paperback, 1996
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Cook Everything Kids
Mark BittmanMark BittmanHTCEK will empower kids and give them the confidence to navigate the kitchen. As you’d imagine, it’s all customizable – because kids have their preferences, as we all do – and has recipes for every skill level.
Hardcover, 2024
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison BechdelMark BittmanA graphic memoir that is not like anything else. It’s personal, insightful, funny, heart-rending. Bechdel is brilliant, and you can see it on every page. I’m not a graphic novel reader, and I’m way past comic books, but this got me, and I still look at it periodically.
Hardcover, 2021
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sofreh: A Contemporary Approach to Classic Persian Cuisine: A Cookbook
Nasim AlikhaniMark BittmanNasim Alikhani studied law in college in Iran & casually cooked for her classmates; her dream, to be a judge. But after the new regime took over she left for the US & in 2018, at the age of 59, opened @Sofreh_Brooklyn. A layered life, a fantastic woman. https://t.co/klQ7MQb9r8 https://t.co/vPtG1Osi5O
Hardcover, 2023
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book