{"product_id":"slow-cooked-9780520384156","title":"Slow Cooked","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A chronicle of hard work and a public health resource, \u003ci\u003eSlow Cooked\u003c\/i\u003e is also proof that it’s never too late.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times​\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarion 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eSlow Cooked\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eSlow Cooked\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eSlow Cooked \u003c\/i\u003etells her personal story—one that is deeply relevant to everyone who eats, and anyone who thinks it's too late to follow a passion.","brand":"Marion Nestle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48275315196155,"sku":"9780520384156","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_9656c7ff-2262-43fe-9116-03144ccb3008.jpg?v=1771290878","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/slow-cooked-9780520384156","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}