Marion Nestle on Slow Cooked

Published: Dec. 15, 2022, 7:59 a.m.

b'(12-15-2022) Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics, charts Marion Nestle astonishing rise from bench scientist to the pinnacles of academia, how she overcame the barriers and biases women of her generation faced, and how she found her life\\u2019s purpose after age fifty. Slow Cooked tells her personal story\\u2014one that is deeply relevant to everyone who eats and to anyone who thinks it might be too late to follow a passion.\\n\\nNestle reflects on her late-in-life career as a world-renowned food politics expert, public health advocate, and a founder of the field of food studies after facing decades of low expectations.\\nIn this engrossing memoir, Marion Nestle reflects on how she achieved late-in-life success as a leading advocate for healthier and more sustainable diets. Join us when Marion Nestle told the story of how she built an unparalleled career at a time when few women worked in the sciences, and came to recognize and reveal the enormous influence of the food industry on our dietary choices, on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.'