Read Taste: Surprising Stories and Science About Why Food Tastes Good Online
Authors: Barb Stuckey
Leon, Tessie,
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–93
Letter, Jim,
125
lettuce,
112
tomato, and bacon sandwich,
255
Lieberman, Daniel,
312
Life Savers,
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liking,
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–96
lima beans,
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lips,
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–82
liquids, measuring texture of,
92
–93
lobster bisque,
254
Logan, Paul,
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low-fat diets,
100
low-fat food,
96
low-salt diet,
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–87
Lufthansa, food tests of,
119
Lundström, Johan,
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–63, 1678
Mac & Cheese, Five Tastes,
337
–38
McCarthy, Cormac,
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McCormick,
60
McDonald’s,
260
–61
Maggi sauce,
246
–47
Malson, Lucien,
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Mandel, Abigail,
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–98
Manzanita,
128
Má Pêche,
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Marce, Giselle,
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marijuana,
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–92
masking and enhancing flavors,
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Match the pH with the Beverage exercise,
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.240
Mattson,
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–2,
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,
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–43,
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,
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,
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–36,
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–47,
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,
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,
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cologne at,
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fat wars and,
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flavors at,
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french fries and,
260
–61
meals at,
345
–46
measuring texture at,
92
–93
Menerba and,
205
–6
mutual suppression at,
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soap at,
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taste tests at,
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high,
164
umami and,
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,
245
;
see also
beef
lamb
Mennella, Julie,
161
–62
Mercat a la Planxa,
99
merlot,
122
microorganisms,
355
Middione, Josefina,
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Middione, Marco,
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–301
in cheese,
161
chocolate,
235
fat in,
261
fresh vs. sour,
230
pasteurized,
161
mindful eating,
11
,
134
,
342
–46,
350
misophonia,
128
molasses,
221
Momofuku Ssäm,
246
Monell Chemical Senses Center,
6
,
33
–34,
61
,
62
,
96
–98,
161
–62,
206
,
239
,
309
,
317
monosodium glutamate (MSG),
39
,
139
,
245
,
249
,
253
in Isolating Umami exercise,
245
,
256
–57
Montes, Aurelio,
121
Moonen, Rick,
67
cranial nerves and,
51
roof of (soft palate),
43
,
44
,
46
taste committee in,
50
–51
temperature in,
99
;
see also
saliva
taste buds
teeth
tongue
mouthfeel,
2
,
92
,
138
,
217
,
219
,
232
,
261
,
262
,
290
,
308
mouth-smelling (retronasal olfaction),
44
,
44
,
45
,
46
,
51
,
56
,
92
,
270
,
306
,
351
,
357
appreciation of,
79
–80
disease and,
169
–70
nose-smelling vs.,
61
–64,
66
,
75
–77
mucoproteins,
88
Mueller, Curt,
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–28
Musante, Gerard J.,
10
–11
mushrooms,
39
,
49
–50,
102
,
245
,
253
mutual suppression,
181
–82,
192
–93
natural and artificial flavors,
270
–71,
329
neophobia,
163
–67
nerves,
89
chorda tympani,
22
,
23
,
24
,
51
,
59
,
304
,
353
,
354
dental work and,
143
glossopharyngeal,
51
,
59
,
170
,
304
trigeminal,
see
trigeminal nerve
Nestlé,
246
Nestrud, Michael,
280
New Glutton or Epicure, The
(Fletcher),
313
9 Beet Stretch
(Inge),
339
–40
Nontaster,
19
nose,
29
,
44
,
47
,
48
,
56
–59,
119
,
171
,
288
nose-smelling (orthonasal olfaction),
44
–45,
44
,
92
,
169
,
170
,
270
,
306
,
351
,
357
mouth-smelling vs.,
61
–64,
66
,
75
–77
Novinsky, Laurie,
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–9
obesity, obese people,
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,
92
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
323
Ocean Spray,
202
odor signature,
59
odor training,
304
olive,
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–98,
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,
175
,
200
,
301
,
302
Olestra,
262
olfactory nerve,
59
,
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,
304
,
307
,
354
olive oil,
97
–98,
166
,
175
,
200
,
301
,
302
Olsen, Erik,
148
soup with Gruyère cheese, French,
255
on-the-plate contrast,
94
–95
orange flavor,
206
orange juice,
48
,
73
,
90
,
106
,
235
,
265
O’Rourke, Sean,
305
avoiding,
314
–15
theories of,
277
–78
oysters,
122
–23
capsaicin in treatment of,
98
–99
sugar and,
222
–23
trigeminal nerve and,
52
,
98
,
233
palate: cleansing of,
149
–50,
230
,
279
–80,
350
retraining of,
219
Paloncy, Marianne,
43
Parmesan cheese,
40
,
245
,
247
,
250
,
282
,
331
Five Tastes Mac & Cheese,
337
–38
Pavlov, Ivan,
61
peanuts, honey-roasted,
191
Pelchat, Marcia,
33
pepperoni,
271
Pepsi Dry,
323
Perchonok, Michele,
296
–98
Peyton, Nick,
4
phantosmias,
303
pharmaceutical companies,
271
–72
phenolic acids,
197
Physiology of Taste, The
(Brillat-Savarin),
5
–6
pickles, pickled vegetables,
237
,
255
pleasure,
43
,
277
,
278
,
279
,
283
,
293
–96,
340
–42,
358
Pliner, Patricia,
165
,
166
,
318
–19,
320
Poespowidjojo, Saji,
328
mushrooms,
49
–50
polyethylene glycol,
158
pomegranate juice,
165