Dorie Greenspan: "I Still Think Baking Is Magic"

Food with Mark Bittman

Sweetness and Light

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

4.9 • 947 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Bestselling—and much beloved—food writer Dorie Greenspan (new book: Dorie's Anytime Cakes) talks to Kate and her old pal Mark. Get ready for lots of reminiscing about the "old days" of food writing—when there was no internet! The three also talk about finding the ultimate end-of-day joy in cooking and baking, trying unexpected ingredients in baking, and the creativity that can be found in a single subject (like cakes).

Get Dorie's recipes for Morning, Noon and Night Thanksgiving Cake: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/morning-noon-and-night-thanksgiving-cake/

...and Cocoa-Swirled Pumpkin Bundt: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/dorie-greenspans-cocoa-swirled-pumpkin-bundt/

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0:00.0	Welcome to food. I'm Kate Bitman and we are so glad that you're here with us.
0:07.0	If you want more, remember to check us out online at bitmanproject.com.
0:12.0	We've got more than 1,500 recipes with new ones added daily, plus some really wonderful food writing from some really wonderful food writers
0:20.0	and recommendations for products and
0:22.6	more. Bitmanproject.com. And as always, email us with any questions or feedback at food
0:29.3	at markbitman.com. Well, here we are talking with Dory Greenspan, whose latest book, Dory's
0:51.8	Anytime Cakes, came out a few weeks ago.
0:54.7	Dory, as you will hear, we reminisce a bit, is an old friend.
0:59.3	We're contemporaries. We started food writing at the same time, and we had similar experiences,
1:04.7	struggling with the freelance life, eventually finding some stability and becoming,
1:10.2	as my friend Doc used to say, FFWs, famous food writers.
1:15.9	Dory and I have stayed in touch and watched each other's careers developed with interest.
1:20.7	We've known one another close to 40 years now, and it was fun to catch up with Kate as a sort of moderator.
1:27.4	Here we go.
1:28.8	I want to ask you both for fun to see if you remember how and when you met each other.
1:36.9	Mark, do you remember?
1:38.9	I have a couple of good stories about our early relationship, but I don't remember how we met.
1:43.9	Do you?
1:44.4	Probably Fern Berman introduced us.
1:47.1	But you know what I remember?
1:48.8	You put Dill in the tuna salad sandwich that you made for us.
1:56.2	What, outside of New Haven, was it?
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