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'How To Cook Everything Vegetarian' Author On The Benefits Of A Plant-Based Diet

It's been 10 years since Mark Bittman published How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. NPR's Michel Martin spoke with him about how vegetarian food has changed and the new edition of the book.
Portobello "bacon"

There was a time when people who ate a plant-based diet were considered weird or exotic or somehow out of the mainstream — by meat lovers anyway. But over the past decade that has changed, in large part because well-known figures, such as quarterback Tom Brady, musician Paul McCartney, and hip-hop star RZA, have become vocal advocates.

But that's also because of food writer Mark Bittman.

For years,' longtime cooking column, before becoming the lead food writer at . He is also the author of the series of cookbooks. This month marks the 10-year anniversary of his cookbook and the release of a new edition.

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