Taste: Surprising Stories and Science About Why Food Tastes Good (67 page)

Brian Wansink, Jill North, and James E. Painter, “Why Visual Cues of Portion Size May Influence Intake,” (poster),
http://foodpsychology.cornell.edu/images/posters/soupcues.jpeg
.

Chapter 21: Fifteen Ways to Get More from Every Bite

France Bellisle and Anne-Marie Dalix, “Cognitive Restraint Can Be Offset by Distraction, Leading to Increased Meal Intake in Women,”
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
74, no. 2 (2001): 197–200.

R. Matsuo, “Role of Saliva in the Maintenance of Taste Sensitivity,”
Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine
11, no. 2 (2000): 216–29.

B. Sadananda Naik, Nagaraj Shetty, and E.V.S. Maben, “Drug-Induced Taste Disorders,”
European Journal of Internal Medicine
21, no. 3 (2010): 240–43.

Paul Rozin, “The Meaning of Food in Our Lives: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Eating and Well-Being,” supplement,
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
37, no. 2 (2005): S107–12.

Illustrations by Russ Cohen: Sensory Star and Taste Star, used throughout; tongue maps,
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,
54
; tomato illustration,
57
; Sensory Homunculus,
82
; Simulation graph,
216
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Photograph by Barb Stuckey: tomato photo,
57
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Photographs by Kristie James: Reinforcements,
18
; Plastic cup,
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Photograph by Linda Bartoshuk’s Lab: Paul Rozin’s tongue (with permission from Paul Rozin),
18
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Photograph by Sally Lennon Brown: Bitter face, child,
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I
have no expertise in taste and smell disorders; I cannot offer advice or evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment; and I cannot make a recommendation with respect to any clinic or treatment center. I also have no way of evaluating these centers or any clinic or treatment center. This list is provided simply as a reference and is not meant as an endorsement. There may be other clinics and treatment centers not listed here.

Most important, you should be wary of anyone who claims to be able to cure olfactory or taste loss with medication or otherwise. Olfactory loss may heal spontaneously if the loss is not too severe. There is little research to prove that anything else works. The more important thing is learning how to compensate for your specific type of loss.

University of Pennsylvania Smell and Taste Center
5 Ravdin Pavilion
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Phone: (215) 662-6580
Fax: (215) 349-5266
[email protected]
www.med.upenn.edu/stc

University of Florida Center for Smell & Taste
McKnight Brain Institute
100 S. Newell Drive, Room L1-100J
PO Box 100127
Gainesville, FL 32610-0127
Phone: (352) 294-0199
Fax: (352) 392-0015
[email protected]
www.mbi.ufl.edu/~ufcst/

University of Connecticut Taste and Smell Center
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-2207
Phone: (860) 679-2459
Fax: (860) 679-7698
uconntasteandsmell.uchc.edu/patientcare/index.html

University of California San Diego Nasal Dysfunction Clinic
UC San Diego Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
9350 Campus Point Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: 858-657-8590
health.ucsd.edu/specialties/surgery/otolaryngology/nasal/

Taste and Smell Disorder Clinic
1200 Lakeway Drive, Suite 8
Austin, TX 78734
Phone: (512) 261-7909
Fax: (512) 402-9241
www.tastesmell.com/

University of Colorado Sinus Center Clinical Office
1635 N. Aurora Court, 6th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone: (720) 848-7900
www.uch.edu/conditions/ear-nose-throat/smell-taste-disorders/index.aspx

Virginia Commonwealth University Smell and Taste Disorders Center
Nelson Clinic, 7th Floor
PO Box 980146
401 N. 11th Street
Richmond, VA 23298
Phone: (804) 628-4ENT (628-4368)
TDD: (800) 552-7917
www.vcu.edu/ent/ent_patient_info.htm

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
Medical Sciences Building
231 Albert Sabin Way, Room 6507
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Phone: (513) 558-4152
www.ent.uc.edu/patientcare/specialties/taste_smell.html

Massachusetts General Hospital
Mark W. Albers, MD, PhD
15 Parkman Street, WACC 835
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: (617) 726-1728
Fax: (617) 726-2383

Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation
845 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 990W
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 938-1047
www.smellandtaste.org

Taste and Smell Clinic
5125 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 20
Washington, DC 20016
[email protected]
Phone: 202-364-4180
Toll Free: 1(877) MY-SMELL
FAX: (202) 364-9727
www.tasteandsmell.com/

Children’s Smell and Taste Clinic
Professor David G. Laing
School of Women’s and Children’s Health
Faculty of Medicine
University of New South Wales
Level 3, Sydney Children’s Hospital
High Street, Randwick
NSW, Australia 2031
[email protected]
Phone: 61 2 9382 1659

Friedrich Schiller University
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Lessingstrasse 2
D-07740 Jena
Germany
Phone: +49 (3641) 935108
Fax: +49 (3641) 935129
[email protected]

Smell and Taste Clinic
Prof. Boris A. Stuck, Dr. Clemens Heiser, Dr. J. Ulrich Sommer
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
University Hospital Mannheim
Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3
68167 Mannheim
Germany
Phone: +49 621 383 1600
Fax: +49 621 383 3827
www.hno-mannheim.de

Smell and Taste Clinic
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
University of Dresden Medical School
Fetscherstrasse 74
01307 Dresden
Germany
Phone: +49 351 458 4189
Fax: +49 351 458 7370
Email: [email protected]
www.tu-dresden.de/medkhno/hummel.htm

Smell and Taste Clinic
Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
Mie University Hospital
2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507
Japan
Tel: +81 59 231 5157
Fax: +81 59 231 5218
Director: Masayoshi Kobayashi, MD, PhD
[email protected]

University of Geneva Hospitals
Basile N. Landis, MD
Rhinology-Olfactology Unit
Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Geneva Neuroscience Center (CMU)
University of Geneva Medical School
Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4
1211
GENEVA
14
Switzerland
Tel +41 (0) 22 382 34 23
Fax +41 (0) 22 372 82 40
[email protected]

Monell Chemical Senses Center
The Monell Center will answer questions by e-mail. Inquiries about smell and taste
problems can be sent to:
[email protected]
www.monell.org/contact_us/clinical_inquiries/

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his book would not have happened without the miraculous mojo of my agent, Michael Carlisle of Inkwell Management. He was one of the reasons my editor, the brilliant and patient Leslie Meredith, was willing to take a chance on me as an unproved author. The entire team at Free Press was encouraging, supportive, and professional. A first-time author couldn’t have asked for better.

I owe a debt of gratitude to the Monell Chemical Senses Center, in particular Gary Beauchamp, Leslie Stein, Paul Breslin (also of Rutgers), Danielle Reed, Johan Lundström, and Michael Tordoff. Thanks for never making me feel that I was bothering you when even I knew I was.

A huge thank-you is due Linda Bartoshuk, who gave me countless hours of time, always with a smile and passion for the subject, which I hope I have translated to the page. I thank Paul Rozin for having done some of the coolest work in this field, as well as for generously giving of his time.

Thanks to all of the subjects in the book, from people I met through friends of friends to my own friends who were asked to ingest ridiculous (and sometimes illegal) substances for the benefit of the book.

I had two sanctuaries that sustained me during the process of writing. I read most of the papers that informed this book astride one of the spin bikes at the Peninsula Jewish Community Center. And the town of Healdsburg was the light at the end of the tunnel where Scopa’s tomato-braised chicken and polenta, the summer sun, and great local wines beckoned.

Thanks to my best friend, Teri Klein, for her unwavering support and professional guidance, as well as Jeff Koppelmaa, a rare combination: my trusted attorney and friend. Thank you Candace Panagabko, whose research supported my effort; Nathanael
Johnson, whose help shaped the proposal; and Russ Cohen, whose artwork lightens up the book. Thank you to my readers Chris Patil, Jodie Ostrovsky, mom Joan Stuckey, sorta stepdad Bob Carter, and my sister Zosha Stuckey. Thanks to the entire team at Mattson, especially Candice Lin, Janine Magyar, Doug Berg, Silvina Dejter, and Kristie James, who made me more productive at work so that I could focus my spare time on my writing.

Finally, there are three important men in my life whose support made this book possible, which means they all took more than a few rides on Barb’s emotional roller coaster. First, I have to thank Chris Patil, whose friendship is something I will treasure forever, whose editing helped shape the book and whose intellect made sure it stayed non-fiction. Steve Gundrum, the CEO of Mattson, a dear friend and mentor, was kind enough to encourage me to write, but also fatherly enough to encourage me to make some time for myself in the process. And last, I will never be able to thank Roger Bohl Jr. enough for, well, everything from reading and editing to putting up with a partner who had too little time to give him too much of the time I was writing this. He not only holds my hand on the coaster, but talks me down off the tracks more than I’d like to admit. From living with and loving him I have become a better person.