Slow Cooked - An Unexpected Life in Food Politics (Hardcover)

"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.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	California Studies in Food and Culture, 78
Release date:	October 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Marion Nestle
Dimensions:	237 x 160 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	294
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-38415-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > General cookery > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Food & Drink > General cookery > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-38415-6
Barcode:	9780520384156

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