Flavor, Bob Holmes
Flavor, Bob Holmes
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Flavor
The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense

Author: Bob Holmes

Narrator: Jonathan Yen

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/25/2017


Synopsis

Can you describe how the flavor of halibut differs from red snapper? How Brie differs from cheddar? For most of us, unfortunately, the answer is: badly. Flavor remains a vague, undeveloped concept we don't know enough about to describe—or to appreciate—fully.

In Flavor, Bob Holmes shows us just how much we're missing. He tackles questions like why cake tastes sweetest on white plates, how wine experts' eyes fool their noses, and how language affects flavor. He peers over the shoulders of fascinating food professionals engineering the perfect snack, chefs seeking surprising new flavor combinations, and even mathematicians pursuing the perfect pizza topping. He reveals how we can all sharpen our senses using professional techniques to name and describe flavors articulately.

Whether you're someone who likes to cook creatively, delve into cutting-edge science, explore nutrition trends, or just to eat, Flavor will open your mind and palate to a vast and exciting sensory world.

About Bob Holmes

Bob Holmes has been a New Scientist magazine correspondent for over two decades. The holder of a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Arizona, he is a passionate home cook and a Slow Food Canada member. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta.


Reviews

This is a very interesting book about the taste and flavours of the food. Different people can feel different flavours of the same food. We even feel ourselves different flavours of the same food, depending on what we have with it or in what environment we try it. Everything can influence the food f......more

Goodreads review by Leila

I have NO idea why my subheader on this book claims I'm re-reading. I'm clearly not, it's a brand new book, got it straight from the library as it came out. OK. I guess it does deserve some sense of a review. First of all.... format for non fic books each new research idea intro goes like this: -- Bran......more

incredible! so interesting! very useful book if you love cooking or eating, and in case you work with food or perfumes. simple truth about wine ratings and lots of interesting things to try. being half korean half russian (and honestly not russian, but we call so mix of polish, german, ukranian and......more