[201] Cooking, Eating On The Menu On "MTSU On The Record"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 20, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

COOKING, EATING ON THE MENU ON “MTSU ON THE RECORD”
New York Times Expert Mark Bittman Talks Turkey in Time for Thanksgiving

(MURFREESBORO) – Mark Bittman, food and cooking columnist for The New York Times, will talk about healthy eating just in time for Thanksgiving this Sunday, Nov. 22, at 8 a.m. on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
The author of six books, including How to Cook Everything and Food Matters, Bittman was a guest speaker at the 2009 Tennessee Undergraduate Social Science Symposium Nov. 10. He encourages the consumption of more greens and grains and fewer industrially processed animal foodstuffs.
To hear last week’s program on research into the impact of public health policy on Southern attitudes toward death, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html and click on “November 15, 2009.” For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.

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