Feeding Gotham: The History and Future ​of Food Policy in New York City with Mark Bittman

Renowned food writer Mark Bittman moderates a discussion on a topic of central importance to all New Yorkers: how the food on our tables is affected by public policy. Bittman is the author of 20 books, including the How to Cook Everything series, and a former New York Times columnist (The Minimalist) and Opinion writer on cooking, health, agriculture, and more. Participants include Gergely Baics (Barnard College), who will speak about his new book Feeding Gotham: The Political Economy and Geography of Food in New York, 1790-1860; Marion Nestle (NYU), who will report on the late Joy Santlofer’s new book Food City: Four Centuries of Food-Making in New York (for which she provided a foreword) and her own work on the politics of food; and Nick Freudenberg, distinguished professor of public health at Hunter College and the Graduate Center and director of the CUNY Doctor of Public Health program, who will discuss food policy issues facing the city.