Cookbook Author and New York Times Food Columnist Mark Bittman Gets $1.8M for UWS Co-op

If you want to get in on the million dollar real estate game, get a food-related editorial job at the New York Times. First, we learned that op-ed columnist (and former chief restaurant critic) Frank A. Bruni bought a $1.65 million Upper West Side pad at 123 West 74th Street, quickly followed by the sale of his old apartment in the same building for $1.95. Now, just a few blocks away at 17 West 71st Street, the Times’ famed food columnist Mark Bittman and his wife Kelly Doe, an art director at the paper, have sold their apartment for $1.82 million, according to city records released today. The couple bought the home in 2009 for $999,999, so they’ve almost doubled their money.

Bittman is also the author of 14 cookbooks (the most well known of which might be “How to Cook Everything”) and a regular judge on Food Network competition shows. This makes it curious that the kitchen of his Central Park West pad is rather small and dull.

The two-bedroom, loft-like residence features a lovely entrance foyer leading to a large, open living/dining area. Details include oak flooring with red and white oak inlay detailing, beamed ceilings, and custom built-ins to hold plenty of cookbooks.

As we mentioned, the kitchen is rather unimpressive for one of the country’s best-known food journalists, but it does have granite counters, top-of-the-line appliances, and white wood cabinetry. And an $820,000 profit will surely afford Bittman the chance to get the kitchen of his dreams.

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[Listing: 17 West 71st Street, 9C by Ronald Lense, David Lewandowski and Chris Connor of Douglas Elliman]

Photos via Douglas Elliman