Author and New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman visits Seattle to

Author and New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman visits Seattle to talk about and sign his new book, Food Matters. The text focuses on the why behind eating locally, sustainably, and lower on the food chain, while the featured recipes offer indulgences that might seem to belie their goodness. Spinach and sweet potato salad with warm bacon dressing and breakfast bread pudding are just two of the dishes this longtime author, known for his How to Cook Everything books, offers to get you started on a new, greener, tasty, and non-doctrinaire diet. Think Diet for a Small Planet, 2009 style. (And you can read Jonathan Kauffman’s take here.)Please note, venue has been changed to:

Kane Hall, Room 120, UW campus.Free. Wednesday, January 14, 7 p.m.