Food with Mark Bittman

Mara Fleishman is the co-founder and CEO of the Chef Ann Foundation, which has reached more than 19,000 schools, 35,000 school food professionals, and nearly 6 million students in its work to replace ultra-processed food with fresh, scratch-cooked meals. Before that, she spent a decade at Whole Foods as their global director of partnerships. We talk about what school food actually looks like now versus what it looked like a generation ago, why the biggest barrier to change is not budget but workforce, and how the Chef Ann Foundation is building purchasing cooperatives that connect small districts directly to local farms. Mark also has some thoughts on MAHA.

Here's what Mark and Kate mentioned in today's podcast:

Look What You Made Me Do, by John Lanchester: https://bookshop.org/a/18956/9781324131342

Whistler, by Ann Patchett: https://bookshop.org/a/18956/9780063511637

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In this revisiting of an episode from last summer, the up and coming queen of ice cream talks to Mark and Kate about how her ice cream brand, Malai, mimics her childhood; what it means to build your own culture; sourcing intentionally with no shortcuts—and why having a values-driven business is so important to her; and why her parents are the best people ever (and her #1 fans).

The Bittman Project is featuring three recipes from Pooja Bavishi's book, Malai:

Cold Coffee Milkshake: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/cold-coffee-milkshake/

Chocolate Cardamom Sauce: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/chocolate-cardamom-sauce/

Crunchy Ice Cream Balls: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/crunchy-ice-cream-balls/

Read more about Pooja on The Bittman Project: https://bittmanproject.com/q-and-a-with-pooja-bavishi/

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Joseph Ogilvy is the author of Tin Can Coast: A History of Industry, Greed, and Fishing in the Golden State. When Mark first saw the book, he exclaimed "Finally. At last!" The book is a history of the fisheries and fishing communities of the California Current, which is the ocean system that made the state of California: almost 2000 miles of the most productive waters on earth. Mark and Kate talked to Joe about how he went from chef to writer, why he felt the need to write such a comprehensive history, and a couple of the notable stories within.

Read an excerpt from Tin Can Coast on The Bittman Project:
https://bittmanproject.com/industry-greed-and-fishing-in-the-golden-state/

Here's what was mentioned in today's podcast:

Tin Can Coast: A History of Industry, Greed, and Fishing in the Golden State, by Joseph Ogilvy: https://bookshop.org/a/18956/9781639736812

Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck: https://bookshop.org/a/18956/9780140187373

Mark's Steamed Clams with Pasta: https://bittmanproject.com/recipe/steamed-clams-with-pasta/

Sal's Place: https://www.salsplace.co/

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Mark has known Jean-Georges Vongerichten since 1987, when he arrived in New York. They've written books together. They've remained close friends for nearly 40 years. Today, they talk about Jean-Georges growing up in Alsace on pork fat, juniper berries, and parsley as the only herb anyone grew, and on arriving in New York when the Union Square Greenmarket was two stands selling apples and potatoes, and on watching the whole thing transform over four decades.

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Today, a special conversation Mark had in June with Congressman Jim McGovern (MA) at the Good Food for All Summit in DC. McGovern has spent decades in Congress fighting to protect SNAP, fund school meals, and push food security to the center of the policy conversation. He and Mark cover a lot of ground: why the food system isn't broken so much as designed, the difference between food rhetoric and actual food policy, what to make of the MAHA movement, the case for a Department of Food, and what Mark has been building with Community Kitchen.

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