🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Mark Bittman
Bittman went to the University of California where he was a distinguished fellow. He is now a professor at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University where she is also editor of online food magazine “Heated.” Mark has also made hundreds of appearances on radio, television and podcasts including Morning Edition, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Fresh Air, Real Time with Bill Maher, All Things Considered on NPR, and The Dish on CBS. Throughout the cookbook are beautiful illustrations carefully drawn to show Brittman’s opinionated and lucid advice on everything from preparing pad Thai to selecting vegetables . It is a cookbook that makes vegan cooking as accessible as it could ever be.
All Book Series by Mark Bittman
Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food
Book 7 of 15 · published 2007
How To Cook Everything Kids
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2024
Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking
Series opener · book 1 of 24 · published 1994
Leafy Greens: An A to Z Guide to Thirty Types of Greens Plus Two Hundred Delicious Recipes
Book 2 of 24 · published 1995
Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef
Book 3 of 24 · published 1998 Co-authored · Quentin Bacon,Jean-Georges Vongerichten
The Minimalist Cooks at Home: Recipes That Give You More Flavor from Fewer Ingredients in Less Time
Book 4 of 24 · published 1999
Simple Good Food: Fusion Flavours to Cook at Home with a Four-star Chef
Book 5 of 24 · published 1999 Co-authored · Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication
Book 6 of 24 · published 2000 Co-authored · Jean-Georges Vongerichten
The Minimalist Cooks Dinner: More Than 100 Recipes for Fast Weeknight Meals and Casual Entertaining
Book 7 of 24 · published 2001
The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home
Book 9 of 24 · published 2005
Mark Bittman's Quick and Easy Recipes from the New York Times
Book 10 of 24 · published 2007
Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes
Book 11 of 24 · published 2008
Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express: 404 Inspired Seasonal Dishes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less
Book 12 of 24 · published 2009
The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living
Book 13 of 24 · published 2010
The Mini Minimalist: Simple Recipes for Satisfying Meals
Book 15 of 24 · published 2012
VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good
Book 16 of 24 · published 2013
The VB6 Cookbook: More than 350 Recipes for Healthy Vegan Meals All Day and Delicious Flexitarian Dinners at Night
Book 17 of 24 · published 2014
Truly Madly Pizza: One Incredibly Easy Crust, Countless Inspired Combinations & Other Tidbits to Make Pizza a Nightly Affair: A Cookbook
Book 18 of 24 · published 2015 Co-authored · Suzanne Lenzer
A Bone to Pick: The good and bad news about food, with wisdom and advice on diets, food safety, GMOs, farming, and more
Book 19 of 24 · published 2015
Mark Bittman's Kitchen Matrix: More Than 700 Simple Recipes and Techniques to Mix and Match for Endless Possibilities
Book 20 of 24 · published 2015
Dinner for Everyone: 100 Iconic Dishes Made 3 Ways--Easy, Vegan, or Perfect for Company: A Cookbook
Book 21 of 24 · published 2019
How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered
Book 22 of 24 · published 2020 Co-authored · David Katz
Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal
Book 23 of 24 · published 2021
Bittman Bread: No-Knead Whole-Grain Baking for Every Day
Latest in the series · book 24 of 24 · published 2021 Co-authored · Kerri Conan
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Mark Bittman?
Bittman went to the University of California where he was a distinguished fellow. He is now a professor at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University where she is also editor of online food magazine “Heated.” Mark has also made hundreds of appearances on radio, television and podcasts including Morning Edition, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Fresh Air, Real Time with Bill Maher, All Things Considered on NPR, and The Dish on CBS. Throughout the cookbook are beautiful illustrations carefully drawn to show Brittman’s opinionated and lucid advice on everything from preparing pad Thai to selecting vegetables .
Which Mark Bittman series should I start with?
The best place to start is the How to Cook Everything series, the earliest of Mark Bittman's multi-book series: it opens with Simple Recipes for Great Food (1998) and runs to 15 books across 1998–2024, ending with How To Cook Everything Kids (2024).
How many books has Mark Bittman written?
Mark Bittman has 39 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1994 and 2024. 15 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the How to Cook Everything series with 15 books — and 24 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Mark Bittman's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mark Bittman's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are How to Cook Everything (1998–2024, 15 books).
How are Mark Bittman's books organised into series?
This guide splits Mark Bittman's 39 books into 1 named series and 24 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: How to Cook Everything (15 books, 1998–2024).