A Farewell Bittman

[elleng]

THIS is my last regular opinion column on food for The Times. I’m leaving to take a central role in a year-old food company, to do what I’ve been writing about these many years: to make it easier for people to eat more plants. (“Oh,” say my friends, “you move to California and join a start-up.” Yup. Corny as can be.) I see it as putting philosophy into action and will talk about details soon.

Between time pressures and potential conflicts of interest (you shouldn’t pitch a venture capitalist and write about a company he’s funded the following week), I can’t do both. Even if I could, the choice wasn’t that difficult, and in many ways this column has run its course.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/opinion/sunday/mark-bittman-a-farewell.html?

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

1. Love Bittman.

Can't wait to see what he does next. Thanks for this Elleng

[NJCher]

2. he's one of my favorites

I, too, will be interested to see what he does. I'm glad I have all his books, and, of course, we all have access to his previous columns through the NY Times.

Wonder who will take his place?


Cher

[Warpy]

3. Good for him. If he's going to be doing meal plans

that eventually turn into convenience foods (since it looks like we'll all be overworked if we have jobs with no time to cook) that are heavier on plant foods than the usual with 1/4 cup mashed potatoes and two tablespoons of veggies kids like.