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A fascinating and deeply researched investigation into the mysteries of flavorfrom the first bite taken by our ancestors to scientific advances in taste and the current "foodie" revolution. Taste has long been considered the most basic of the five senses because its principal mission is a simple one: to discern food from everything else. Yet it's really the most complex and subtle. Taste is a whole-body experience, and breakthroughs in genetics and microbiology are casting light not just on the experience of french fries and foie gras, but the mysterious interplay of body and brain. With reporting from kitchens, supermarkets, farms, restaurants, huge food corporations, and science labs, Tasty tells the story of the still-emerging concept of flavor and how our sense of taste will evolve in the coming decades. Tasty explains the scientific research taking place on multiple fronts: how genes shape our tastes; how hidden taste perceptions weave their way into every organ and system in the body; how the mind assembles flavors from the five senses and signals from body's metabolic systems; the quest to understand why sweetness tastes good and its dangerous addictive properties; why

Who reads Tasty : the Art and Science of What We Eat?

Author

McQuaid, John, author

Publisher

Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781451685015

Category

health

Subjects

Engineering, Cooking, Science

Rating

3.52 / 5 (262 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14