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Mark Bittman is the anti-foodies’ foodie, one of the few culinary writers around who don’t indulge in either the precious chefolatry of the Gourmet magazine set or the remedial pandering of Rachael Ray.

Mark Bittman is the anti-foodies’ foodie, one of the few culinary writers around who don’t indulge in either the precious chefolatry of the Gourmet magazine set or the remedial pandering of Rachael Ray.

—Laura Miller, reviewing “Food Matters”, Bittman’s guide to conscious eating - with recipes!

The end result “was kind of eerie.” The whole concept that one person in the story would lead to another, and then it would all end with her, was not something any of us anticipated.

The end result “was kind of eerie.” The whole concept that one person in the story would lead to another, and then it would all end with her, was not something any of us anticipated.

—Ellen McDonnel, director of morning programming for NPR, on Ketzel Levine’s series on how Americans are coping with being laid off. Levine herself was laid off midway through reporting the series. [via Kottke]