Book Signing with Mark Bittman
Meet Mark Bittman, author of the How to Cook Everything series, the award-winning Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating, and New York Times bestseller VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00. Bittman has starred in four television series, including Showtime’s Emmy-winning Years of Living Dangerously. In 2015 he was a distinguished fellow at the University of California at Berkeley, and he is currently a fellow at the Union of Concerned Scientists. No charge except for purchases. Info: here or 510.250.6005
Bittman will also speak at Uncharted: The Berkeley Festival of Ideas, Oct 14–15.
Book Signing and Tastings with Mark Bittman
How to Bake Everything: Simple Recipes for the Best Baking
Sunday October 16, 2–3pm
Rockridge Market Hall / Market Hall Foods
5655 College Ave, Oakland
Bittman on Baking
Book review by Kristina Sepetys
How to Bake Everything: Simple Recipes for the Best Baking
By Mark Bittman
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)
While browsing the 703 pages of Mark Bittman’s latest cookbook, I’m struck by a question: How does he manage to pull together these massive, information-rich cookbooks in such quick succession? One in the course of a career would be an achievement. But Bittman seems to average about one a year– more than a dozen to date– all dealing with different topics related to cooking, most featuring recipes for cooks of all skill levels looking to prepare wholesome food quickly and easily. In his latest, Bittman takes on baking. Besides offering more than 2,000 recipes, he teaches and encourages readers to be comfortable improvising, varying, and personalizing recipes, whether they want to make them vegan, incorporate available ingredients or new grains, or adapt them to suit dietary needs like gluten-free. The book is filled with helpful sidebars, instructive illustrations, and a wealth of useful detail. Crunchy Toffee Cookies and Gingerbread Whoopie Pies sound enticing, but recipes aren’t limited to sweet confections. There are instructions for savory bites and international items like Finnish Rye Bread, a Flaky Caramelized Fennel and Sausage Tart, a Curried Sweet Potato Galette, and Afghan Snowshoe Naan. If you’re looking for a comprehensive manual on baking accessible to all cooking levels, this is a resource you’ll surely want on your shelf.