Bestselling author Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything is the standard for basic cookbooks, a five- time award winner that has sold over a million copies. He is among the country's best-known and widely admired food writers, the creator of the popular New York Times weekly column, "The Minimalist," and the author of two books with internationally celebrated chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Bittman's other books include the award- winning Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking, and Minimalist cookbook series: The Minimalist Cooks at Home, The Minimalist Cooks Dinner, and The Minimalist Entertains. Mark Bittman's television show, How to Cook Everything: Bittman Takes on America’s Chefs, appears on public television stations across the country, and he is a regular guest on the Today show and National Public Radio's All Things Considered.