Title

Flavor : the science of our most neglected sense / Bob Holmes.

Author

Holmes, Bob (Evolutionary biologist),

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]

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Details

Description

310 pages; 25 cm

Subjects

• Personal narratives
• Senses and sensation
• Flavoring Agents
• TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science
• Taste
• Taste buds
• Personal Narrative
• COOKING > Essays
• Taste Buds
• Flavor
• SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology

Genre/Form

• Personal Narrative.
• Personal narratives.

Note

• "Independent Publishers Since 1923."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and (pages 277-296) index.

Contents

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Broccoli and tonic -- Chapter 2. Beer from the bottle -- Chapter 3. The pursuit of pain -- Chapter 4. This is your brain on wine -- Chapter 5. Feeding your hunger -- Chapter 6. Why not iguana? -- Chapter 7. The killer tomato -- Chapter 8. The cauliflower bloody Mary and other chiefly inspirations -- Epilogue. The future of flavor.

ISBN

• 9780393244427
• 0393244423

LCCN

• 2016046897
• 40027132752

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries