Slow Cooked: Marion Nestle's New Memoir

<p>When an icon and role model in food policy and food studies writes a memoir, after writing more than a dozen policy-heavy books --you might expect it to be serious. Even a little preachy. But you’d be wrong here. <a href="https://www.foodpolitics.com/">Marion Nestle</a>’s telling of her life story is juicy and delicious. Eminently readable. In addition to her own journey, it is a surprisingly candid reflection about the difficulties of a serious and professional woman in academia coming of age in the 50’s and 60’s. Married at 19? Really Marion? She’s quite a woman and it is quite a tale. Let’s hear from Marion Nestle about her memoir – <a href="https://www.foodpolitics.com/slow-cooked-an-unexpected-life-in-food-politics/">Slow Cooked</a>.</p><p><i>Photo Courtesy of Marion Nestle.</i></p><p><i>Let’s Talk About Food is Powered by </i><a href="http://simplecast.com/"><i>Simplecast</i></a><i>.</i></p>