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New York Times Food Writer Mark Bittman to Speak at Sleeping Lady Resort in Leavenworth

Lecture tix + overnight accommodations in Leavenworth = one great April evening.

Mark Bittman

Mark Bittman, the author of ten books on food culture and cooking whose “The Minimalist” food column ran in The New York Times for over a decade, will deliver a lecture Friday, April 8 at Sleeping Lady Resort near Leavenworth.

Bittman will discuss his book, Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating, which explores the connection between diet and personal and planetary health. His argument is that a few simple dietary tweaks can help individuals lose weight, slow global warming, reduce environmental harms, and reduce cruelty to farm animals. And save money.

Sleeping Lady, Seattle arts patron/philanthropist Harriett Bullitt’s 67-acre retreat center, is located in a particularly stunning piece of the Cascade Mountains.

The overnight package includes tickets to the lecture, with rates starting at $318. VIP tickets to a dinner with Bittman prior to the lecture are also available along with single tickets to the event ($25 for adults / $15 for students and seniors).

Details here.











Kathryn Robinson
Kathryn Robinson
Senior Writer Seattle native Kathryn Robinson, award-winning restaurant critic and senior writer at Seattle Met, has been anonymously reviewing restaurants for over 30 years—first as editor of the Best Places guidebook series, then as staff critic at Seattle Weekly and contributing critic at The Seattle Times and Seattle magazine.  Midcareer she spent a year-long sabbatical studying comparative religion as a Knight Fellow at Stanford University where she had been an undergrad 10 years earlier, gaining a knowledge base she now calls upon for her monthly “Back Fence” column on our collective urban existence and the meaning it holds for our personal lives. In her off hours she is a partner and a parent—which means she has no off hours.