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Food with Mark Bittman

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Nutrition, Arts, Food, Culture, Cooking, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.9 • 947 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this revisiting of a 2022 episode, Mark talks to one of our most forward-thinking Senators about Big Food's long standing capability of corrupting food policy, the possibility of real change, why a Twinkie is cheaper than an apple, and how we can find our way back to regional food systems.

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0:00.0	Hi there, and welcome to Food with Mark Bitman. I am Mark Bitman, and you can find us here at this podcast, pretty much anywhere you get your podcasts, and pretty much with a new podcast every week. You can also find us at Food at Markbitman.com. If you'd like to send us an email, we will reply.
0:22.4	You can also send us questions and we'll answer them in our question mark column. And you can find
0:27.5	us at the bitman project, which is bitmanproject.com or markbitman.com. And there you will find
0:34.1	1,500 recipes and counting. Thank you to the folks who are working hard to get those up there.
0:39.8	A bunch of writing by me and also writing from some of the best contemporary food writers,
0:44.7	including Alicia Kennedy and Mike Diago.
0:47.3	There's a ton of great content there, and you should come check it out.
0:52.6	Okay, back in a sec.
1:08.5	When it comes to hot cross buns,
1:10.3	waitros haven't just gone eastery.
1:12.3	We've gone extra Eastery.
1:21.9	Like swapping out raisins for extra indulgent Belgian chocolate chunks, or making Hot Cross buns huge and Italian to create an apple and cinnamon hot cross bunitoni.
1:25.2	Oh, is that for me?
1:27.6	So go on. It's Easter. Make it good.
1:29.0	Hmm.
1:29.9	Waitrose.
1:30.7	Food to feel good about.
1:32.4	Selected stores, subject to availability, prices may vary in Channel Islands, little waitros and partners and concessions.
1:37.2	Acast recommends.
1:39.3	Hi, my name's Paloma Faith, and this is my new show.
1:42.5	One, two, three, four!
1:43.9	I've been called Mad and Bad, Sad and Bad.
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