

When the pandemic hit, I moved out of Manhattan and moved upstate to be with my partner, who lives in Ithaca, New York. I will politely ask if you could describe the reasons for writing this book. I'm like, oh, my gosh, I have to make sure I don't ask anything she doesn't like people to ask her. In the back of your book, you conclude by mentioning several things you don't like when interviewers ask you, questions you don't like asked. I've just been following you forever, so this is a real honor for me. I've had this long fascination with food and all of that. Kelly Brownell when I was an undergrad and worked at Weight Watchers for a time and got this Institute for Integrative Nutrition degree. I worked with the Eating and Weight Disorder Center at Yale University with Dr. Thank you so much for sharing your whole life story and everything from the personal to the political. Marion Nestle: I'm really glad to be here. Thank you for coming on "Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books" to discuss Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics.ĭr. I'm sorry, I could not bring myself to call you Marion because I just have so much respect.

She also talks about her late-in-life successes – from pivoting to teaching and navigating exclusionary academic environments to falling in love with food studies and becoming one of the most important voices in the food world. Marion describes the challenges she faced as a woman working in a science lab in the 50s, and the career sacrifices she made to raise her children. Marion Nestle to discuss her engrossing and deeply moving new memoir Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics. Zibby is joined by molecular biologist, NYU professor, and leading public health advocate Dr.
