book. In 2021, he published Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal, in which he argues that free market capitalism and corporate farming contribute to the major public health and environmental issues in modern agriculture. VB6 Bittman has authored VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 (2013) and The VB6 Cookbook (2014), where he recommends a flexitarian diet. The idea behind VB6 is to eat vegan food before 6pm and any food afterwards while limiting processed foods. The British Dietetic Association named the VB6 diet as one of the "Top 5 Worst Celebrity Diets to Avoid in 2015". Personal life Bittman is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School (1967) and Clark University. He lived in Berkeley, California from 2015 to 2017. He has two adult daughters from a prior marriage. Bittman runs marathons and is a licensed pilot. He now lives in Cold Spring, New York. Bittman is Jewish, and his grandparents emigrated from Ukraine and Romania. He claims to follow his VB6 diet. Quotes References External links Video: Voting with your mouth with Mark Bittman and Ezra Klein Video: Mark Bittman on what's wrong with what we eat at EG Conference in 2007 1950 births Living people American cookbook writers American food writers American male journalists American television chefs American male chefs Place of birth missing (living people) American people of Romanian-Jewish descent American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent The New York Times writers Clark University alumni Stuyvesant High School alumni Diet food advocates James Beard Foundation Award winners Chefs from New York (state) 21st-century American journalists 20th-century American journalists Aviators from New York (state) Jewish American writers Jewish American chefs Jewish American journalists People from Cold Spring, New York 21st-century American Jews Chefs from Berkeley, California Vegetarian cookbook writers