Mark Bittman Explains Why He Joined New York and Returned to Writing

The former New York Timesman catches readers up with life since he left

It was in September 2015 that Mark Bittman wrote his last regular food column for the Times, the aptly headlined A Farewell, leaving the Times for Purple Carrot, the vegan answer to Blue Apron.

The author of the Cook Everything franchise is back, but at New York magazine instead of the Times, and is once again penning a column, this time for Grub Steet. His first one went up yesterday, but his first bit of writing for the publication came two hours earlier, when he caught readers up with his life, and the state of his psyche, during the last year and a half or so.

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