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"A chronicle of hard work and a public health resource, Slow Cooked is also proof that it’s never too late."—New York Times
Marion Nestle 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.
In this engrossing memoir, Marion Nestle reflects on how she achieved late-in-life success as a leading advocate for healthier and more sustainable diets. Slow Cooked recounts of how she built an unparalleled career at a time when few women worked in the sciences, and how she came to recognize and reveal the enormous influence of the food industry on our dietary choices.
By the time Nestle obtained her doctorate in molecular biology, she had been married since the age of nineteen, dropped out of college, worked as a lab technician, divorced, and become a stay-at-home mom with two children. That's when she got started. Slow Cooked charts her astonishing rise from bench scientist to the pinnacles of academia, as she overcame the barriers and biases facing women of her generation and found her life's purpose after age fifty. Slow Cooked tells her personal story—one that is deeply relevant to everyone who eats, and anyone who thinks it's too late to follow a passion.
Marion Nestle 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.
In this engrossing memoir, Marion Nestle reflects on how she achieved late-in-life success as a leading advocate for healthier and more sustainable diets. Slow Cooked recounts of how she built an unparalleled career at a time when few women worked in the sciences, and how she came to recognize and reveal the enormous influence of the food industry on our dietary choices.
By the time Nestle obtained her doctorate in molecular biology, she had been married since the age of nineteen, dropped out of college, worked as a lab technician, divorced, and become a stay-at-home mom with two children. That's when she got started. Slow Cooked charts her astonishing rise from bench scientist to the pinnacles of academia, as she overcame the barriers and biases facing women of her generation and found her life's purpose after age fifty. Slow Cooked tells her personal story—one that is deeply relevant to everyone who eats, and anyone who thinks it's too late to follow a passion.
Price: $29.95
Pages: 294
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Series: California Studies in Food and Culture
Publication Date:
04 October 2022
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520384156
Format: Hardcover
“The great Marion Nestle, not a person who spends a lot of time talking about herself, has written a memoir. It’s a gem"
"[A] delight . . . [Nestle’s] prodigious writings, advocacy and public speaking on food policy, political economy and food safety were quite unexpected given [her] career trajectory. But now in 20-20 hindsight, they remain indispensable."
"Her prose exhibits the same accessibility she strives for in her academic work . . . . In Slow Cooked, she holds nothing back as she details moments of doubt — like when the Sugar Association threatened to sue her after she published Food Politics in 2002 — with both humor and suspense. A chronicle of hard work and a public health resource, Slow Cooked is also proof that it’s never too late."
"An engrossing and beautiful memoir—personal, generous, thoughtful, and inspiring. She calls on all academics, advocates, researchers, and practitioners to help bring about food system changes to promote public health, food equity, and sustainable diets."
"A magnificent plea for social justice against all types of discrimination and for the emancipation of women. [Nestle] teaches us great lessons on how to overcome obstacles while maintaining intellectual integrity and faith in science and public health."
"Slow Cooked is an engaging and even fascinating read for those involved in food studies…and provides crucial background to our understanding of the field and its future."
"'America’s foremost nutrition warrior' shares her life’s work influencing nutrition policy behind the scenes, and how she overcame the barriers facing the women of her generation to find her purpose after 50."
Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University and author of a wide range of books about the politics of food, nutrition, health, and the environment.
Contents
Introduction
1 A Long, Slow Start
2 My First Academic Job
3 Second Job: A Spousal Hire
4 Back to School
5 Working for the Feds
6 Finally, NYU
7 Joining the Food World
8 Inventing Food Studies
9 Writing Food Politics
10 The Fun Begins
11 How I Do It
12 The Books
Conclusion: Some Final Thoughts
Acknowledgments
Notes
Illustration Credits
Index
Introduction
1 A Long, Slow Start
2 My First Academic Job
3 Second Job: A Spousal Hire
4 Back to School
5 Working for the Feds
6 Finally, NYU
7 Joining the Food World
8 Inventing Food Studies
9 Writing Food Politics
10 The Fun Begins
11 How I Do It
12 The Books
Conclusion: Some Final Thoughts
Acknowledgments
Notes
Illustration Credits
Index