Slow Cooked

By Marion Nestle,

Book cover of Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics

Book description

"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…

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1 author picked Slow Cooked as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Marion Nestle is an iconic advocate for a better food system, and all of her 15 books should be read. My book quotes her 2020 Let’s Ask Marion extensively — and her perspective on shareholder returns has particularly informed my work. I refer back to her books and popular newsletter, Food Politics, all the time. But Slow Cooked is the direct line to her brain, and is as wry and personal as it is crucial to understanding the nutritional deficiency built throughout the industrialized food sector. 

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