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Author:

McQuaid, John, author.

Title:

Tasty (large print) : the art and science of what we eat / John McQuaid.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, Cengage Learning,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

421 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Food--Sensory evaluation.
Taste.
Food--Composition.
Flavor.

Notes:

"Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (page 411-418).

Contents:

The tongue map -- The birth of flavor in five meals -- The bitter gene -- Flavor cultures -- The seduction -- Gusto and disgust -- Quest for fire -- The great bombardment -- The DNA of deliciousness.

Summary:

A fascinating and deeply researched investigation into the mysteries of flavor, from our ancestors' first bites to ongoing scientific advances in taste and today's "foodie" revolution-- Source other than Library of Congress.
Taste was long considered the most basic of the five senses because its principal mission is a simple one: to discern food from everything else. But taste is really the most complex and subtle -- a mysterious interplay of body and brain. Brilliantly synthesizing genetics, microbiology, ancient myth, philosophy, and literature, Tasty offers a delicious smorgasbord of where taste originated and where it's going -- and why it changes by the day.

ISBN:

1410478661
9781410478665

OCLC:

(OCoLC)900792786

LCCN:

2015001912

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

NJPD993 -- Clarion Public Library (Clarion)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)