# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-bittman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:42:54.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-bittman"
name: "Mark Bittman"
slug: "mark-bittman"
description: "Mark Bittman is an American food journalist, author, and former columnist for The New York Times. Bittman has promoted VB6, a flexitarian diet."
tagline: "American journalist, food writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark_Bittman_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1950-02-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.184921333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 168
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/bittman"
    handle:    "bittman"
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    url:       "http://markbittman.com"
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    title: "مارك بيتمان"
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    title: "Марк Битман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mark Bittman"
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    title: "Mark Bittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mark Bittman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Биттман, Марк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mark Bittman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump