{"podcast":{"title":"Food with Mark Bittman","slug":"food-with-mark-bittman-3927682","podcast_index_feed_id":3927682,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6216896fd584d100134d4d24","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/6216896fd584d100134d4d24","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6216896fd584d100134d4d24/1646422872018-19027df66e9a6ab3e76bc441d2f4098c.jpeg","author":"Sweetness and Light","episode_count":250,"summary":"Former New York Times food journalist and #1 bestselling author Mark Bittman ( How to Cook Everything; VB6; Animal, Vegetable, Junk ) is joined by co-host (and daughter) Kate to explore all aspects of food – from what to have for dinner, how to raise healthy children, and how to perfect your cooking routine to big picture questions about climate change, sustainability, food policy, and global hunger. Each week, Mark and Kate talk with cooks, celebrities, chefs, farmers, activists, policymakers, and food-lovers about the role of food in their lives, what they love to cook, and the ways that food impacts our society. Plus Mark and Kate offer handy cooking tips, recipes, answers to your questions, and much more. If you have a minute, we'd love it if you'd take a short survey about our show! Head here: http://bit.ly/foodwithmarkbittman-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T22:19:36.474904+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-with-mark-bittman-3927682"},"episode":{"title":"The Unique Complexities of Perennial Foods—and Why You Should Care","slug":"the-unique-complexities-of-perennial-foods-and-why-you-should-care","published_at":"2026-04-29T19:12:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-with-mark-bittman-3927682/the-unique-complexities-of-perennial-foods-and-why-you-should-care","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-with-mark-bittman-3927682","url":"https://shows.acast.com/markbittmanfood/episodes/the-unique-complexities-of-perennial-foodsand-why-you-should","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6216896fd584d100134d4d24/e/69f25829c2d898b28bc9697f/media.mp3","summary":"Liz Carlisle is an associate professor in the environmental studies program at UC Santa Barbara, Aubrey Streit Krug is the director of the Perennial Cultures Lab at the Land Institute, and Leah Penniman is an acclaimed activist and farmer who co-founded Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York. The three joined Kate and Mark to talk about why perennial foods should be seriously considered as part of the solution to the climate crisis; what real support for perennial agriculture would look like; and the changes they've seen in the young farming community in the past 30 years. Read an excerpt of Liz and Aubrey's new book (featuring an essay by Leah), Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods, on the Bittman Project: https://bittmanproject.com/living-roots/ Follow Leah on Instagram @leahpenniman and @soulfirefarm. Subscribe to Food with Mark Bittman on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and please help us grow by leaving us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. Follow Mark on Twitter at @bittman, and on Facebook and Instagram at @markbittman. Want more food content? Subscribe to The Bittman Project at  www.bittmanproject.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Liz Carlisle is an associate professor in the environmental studies program at UC Santa Barbara, Aubrey Streit Krug is the director of the Perennial…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2282,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/food-with-mark-bittman-3927682/episodes/the-unique-complexities-of-perennial-foods-and-why-you-should-care/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-with-mark-bittman-3927682/the-unique-complexities-of-perennial-foods-and-why-you-should-care.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}