The official launch will be at NYU’s Library, most likely at 4:00 p.m. Co-author Lisa Sutherland will be present. Details and registration to follow.

Mark Bittman, who usually writes about easy ways to cook great food, has a long piece in today’s New York Times about the energy and other environmental costs of eating meat. These are major. And just think what will happen if everyone in the world eats as much meat as we do!