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Tasty

The Art and Science of What We Eat

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Tasty

Auteur(s): John McQuaid
Narrateur(s): Tom Perkins
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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. 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.

Tasty explains the scientific research taking place on multiple fronts: how genes shape our tastes, how the mind assembles flavors from the five senses and signals from the body's metabolic systems, why something disgusts one person and delights another, and what today's obsessions with extreme tastes tell us about the brain.

Brilliantly synthesizing science, 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.

©2015 John McQuaid (P)2015 Tantor
Psychologie Psychologie et santé mentale Science Sciences biologiques Science de l’alimentation Histoire naturelle Cerveau humain Nutrition

Ce que les critiques en disent

"McQuaid is an enthusiastic writer undisturbed by dead ends, and he provides an entertaining exploration of 'the mystery at the heart of flavor,' which 'has never truly been cracked." ( Kirkus)
"Narrator Tom Perkins's delectable performance highlights the multiple aspects of taste.... Navigating the dynamic text with credible accents and well-timed inflections, Perkins brings out the elusive and surprising qualities of taste and how they relate to the range of human emotion." ( AudioFile)
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