Taste Matters : Why We Like the Foods We Do
John. Prescott
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : Reaktion Books, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (210 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Taste Matters Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Foreword by Heston Blumenthal; Preface: Brussels Sprouts and Ice Cream; 1. Taste Sensations; 2. We Eat What We Like; 3. We Like What We Eat; 4. Learning to Like; 5. Too Much of a Good Thing; 6. Consuming Passions; 7. Just Disgusting; 8. You Eat What You Are; 9. Diner in a Strange Land; 10. Future Taste: Art and Science; 11. Beyond Survival: Uncoupling Taste and Nutrition; 12. Palatability and the Energy Crisis; References; Acknowledgements; Index. - The human tongue has somewhere up to eight thousand taste buds to inform us when something is sweet, salty, sour, or bitter-or as we usually think of it-delicious or revolting. Tastes differ from one region to the next, and no two people's seem to be the same. But why is it that some people think maple syrup is too sweet, while others can't get enough? What makes certain people love Roquefort cheese and others think it smells like feet? Why do some people think cilantro tastes like soap?John Prescott tackles this conundrum in Taste Matters, an absorbing exploration of why we
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| Emner | Nutrition
Behavior Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Feeding Behavior Vis mer... Food
Food Habits Habits Mental Processes Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena Nervous System Physiological Phenomena Nervous System Physiological Processes Perception Phenomena and Processes Psychiatry and Psychology Psychological Phenomena and Processes Psychophysiology Sensation Taste Taste Perception Food habits -- Psychological aspects. Food preferences. Nutrition -- Psychological aspects. Anthropology Diet & Clinical Nutrition Health & Biological Sciences Manners & Customs Social Sciences smak ernæring matvaner måltider sensorikk |
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| ISBN | 9781861899149
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Taste matters : why we like the foods we do
John. Prescott
John Prescott ; [with a foreword by Hesto...
Bok · Engelsk · 2012
John. Prescott
John Prescott ; [with a foreword by Hesto...
Bok · Engelsk · 2012
