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Perhaps there are still traces of the nursery food mentality around. In some families, the injunction to avoid salt in a child’s diet for the first year spills over into a generalized avoidance of flavor, as if a ten-month-old couldn’t handle the pungency of garlic or paprika. To dine with the parents of toddlers may entail a meal of boiled broccol
... See moreBee Wilson • First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
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The taste modalities ensure that we get enough of all macros. Sweet = carbs, umami = proteins, salt = electrolytes, bitter = avoid poisonous, sour = avoid spoiled food.
Andrew Huberman • Dr. Charles Zuker: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving
Red wine, beef, some button mushrooms and a few pearled onions, bouquet garni, maybe some broad noodles or a simple
Anthony Bourdain • Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
From the ribs up, there’s no xylitol pain, and ribs-up is where the tender will most be enjoyed, mouth and the top of the stomach. Might as well have some pleasure in the mouth. I am not someone who finds stomach pain to be an appetite suppressant. Physical pain and food pleasure are two radio channels I can listen to simultaneously. The food might... See more
Jacqueline Novak • Jacqueline Novak Prefers the Big Bags of Chips
