Mark Bittman: How to Cook Everything Fast

Mark Bittman, Author, How to Cook Everything Fast: A Better Way to Cook Great Food; Food Columnist, The New York Times; Twitter: @bittman

In conversation with Naomi Starkman, Founder and Editor in Chief, Civil Eats; Winner of the Publication of the Year, 2014 James Beard Awards; Twitter @NaomiStarkman

For Bittman, the secret to cooking fast is cooking smart. With the belief that time management is essential to cooking efficiently, Bittman offers tips for quick homemade meals. His newest collection of dishes incorporates clever and unorthodox techniques, and his flexible, commonsense advice provides cooks with plenty of choices and variation.

Bittman is passionate about food and eating healthy, and his regular columns on food policy and cooking appear weekly in The New York Times. Bittman is also the author of more than a dozen cookbooks with one million copies in print.