Best selling author of How to Cook Everything and the Minimalist cookbook series, Mark Bittman arrives in the District today to compete in D.C. Central Kitchen’s Capital Food Fight and to promote his most recent book, The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1001 International Dishes to Cook at Home at Best Cellars in Dupont Circle on Wednesday.

Also the creator of the New York Times’ column, “The Minimalist,” Bittman is the author of Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking and has collaborated with celebrated international chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten on Cooking at Home with a Four Star Chef and From Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication. In addition, Bittman hosts the TV show, How to Cook Everything: Bittman Takes on America’s Chefs and is a regular guest on National Public Radio.

DCist caught up with Bittman to find out if he is sharpening his knives and his skills to compete at the Capital Food Fight against Greggory Hill of David Greggory, Morou of Signatures, Katsuya Fukushima of Café Atlantico, and last year’s winner, Ris LaCoste of DC’s 1789.

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