In Which Mark Chats With Laura Linney
Food with Mark Bittman
Sweetness and Light
4.8 • 981 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In this revisited episode, Mark talks to award-winning actress Laura Linney about fantastic female roles, the parallels between cooking and acting, and her memories of the iconic Truman Show.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Food with Mark Bitman. I'm Kate Bitman. Thanks for being here. We know how many of you are loyal listeners and we appreciate that so much. If you'd like to hear more from Mark and me and our small but mighty team, check us out on bitmanproject.com. When you subscribe there, you'll get access to our recipe database, which now has thousands of recipes, with more added weekly. |
| 0:27.5 | If you prefer a substack experience, we're on there, too, bitmanproject.substack.com. |
| 0:34.2 | Reach out to us with any questions, comments, or stuff you think should be featured on the podcast or on our site, food at markbitman.com. So today's interview. |
| 1:00.6 | I can't believe we haven't rerun this episode yet. |
| 1:04.7 | It's from four years ago almost to the day, and it's with someone known not for food, |
| 1:09.7 | but for being a terrific actress. It's Laura |
| 1:12.4 | Linney, and she and Mark notably talked about how everyone is either frustrated by or obsessed |
| 1:18.7 | with food, or both, a sentiment that maybe every single human being can relate to. Maybe you know |
| 1:26.6 | Laura Linney from her extensive theater work. She's the daughter |
| 1:29.7 | of playwright Romulus Linney. She went to Juilliard, and she's been nominated for five Tonys. |
| 1:36.4 | Or maybe you know her for her versatile work on both television and in the movies. The Truman Show, |
| 1:42.6 | you can count on me, Love Actually, Ozark. I've been lucky enough to |
| 1:47.9 | see her on Broadway a couple times, and of course I love the Truman Show and Ozark and many others. |
| 1:54.7 | I remember wanting to join for this interview, but my audio failed, maybe for the best, because |
| 1:59.6 | she and Mark were great one-on-one. |
| 2:03.3 | Here they are. Laura, welcome to Food with Mark Pittman. |
| 2:08.1 | Thank you so much. Thank you. I'm thrilled to be here. I have a question for you. Do you think |
| 2:13.5 | in terms of taste? When you're thinking of a meal or you're thinking of an ingredient, |
| 2:18.7 | do you have the sensation of the taste of those combinations of things? |
| 2:23.1 | It's not visceral. I kind of, I guess I wish it were, but I do know what things taste like |
| 2:29.4 | and I know what they're going to taste like together without tasting them. So there's just |
| 2:33.7 | a lot of experience |
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