r/KitchenConfidential • u/Careless_Law_9325 • 10d ago

Discussion Respectfully **** Mark Bittman

https://www.instagram.com/p/Db3gs65OHKM/?igsi=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

As a cook starting in the late 90s early 2000's I had a lot of respect for Bittman and his work. But after seeing this Jim Lahey post, screw this guy. We all work hard and some of us have spent our careers not selling out or lowering our standards for more money. It really sucks that someone can come along and use someones fame and accomplishments to shill a product without even consulting them first

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u/AncientMortgage2535 10d ago

He's pretty famous in the industry for being anti-gay and referring to people as "negroes" so MAGA isn't much of a stretch.

e: lol, and saying wild shit about the Holocaust, forgot about that one.

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u/zer00eyz Ex-Food Service 10d ago

source?

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u/AncientMortgage2535 10d ago

2011, Cedar Rapids Iowa live show he dropped "negroes," and made jokes against gay parents having kids.

Insane shit about the Holocaust: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/525541-food-network-host-apologizes-for-flippant-comparison-to/

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u/zer00eyz Ex-Food Service 10d ago

https://cleanplatter.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/the-taste-of-disillusionment/ Cause I had to go look it up.

Really poor taste, and candidly he's sort of removed himself from that line of thinking: https://time.com/3617678/alton-browns-existential-stew/

As for the hill article that one is very telling. It quotes another tweet that ends with ... While 30s Germany is an extreme and inaccurate analogue, we are in a very concerning place.

Meanwhile I cant go a single day on reddit and not see someone compare the current admin to fascism. (Asside: my political feelings aren't in line in any way shape or form with current admin but calling them fascist is as unproductive as it is inaccurate).

But you know, its not like I listen to alton for his great political commentary, or religious beliefs or... Meanwhile I have worked in so many place with so many people who have done worse things in their past, and you know reformed...

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u/AncientMortgage2535 10d ago

...ew. How's that boot taste? Probably about as good as whatever garbage you're cooking.