John McQuaid has written about city-destroying super-termites, the slow collapse of fishing communities, hurricane levee engineering, mountaintop removal coal mining, and the global flower business for various publications, including Smithsonian magazine, The Washington Post, Wired, Forbes.com and EatingWell magazine. His work has won a Pulitzer Prize, as well as awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute for Biological Sciences, and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife, son and daughter. The struggle to satisfy and understand the kids' strange and contradictory food choices (the elder liked super-hot peppers and limes, the younger rice, pasta and cheese) was the inspiration for his book Tasty.
A fascinating and deeply researched investigation into the mysteries of flavor—from the first bite taken by our ancestors to scientific advances in taste and the current "foodie" revolution.
Taste has long been considered the most basic of the five senses because its principal mission is a simple one: to discern food from everything else. Yet it's really the most complex and subtle. Taste is a whole-body experience, and breakthroughs in genetics and microbiology are casting light not just on the experience of french fries and foie gras, but the mysterious interplay of body and brain.
With reporting from kitchens, supermarkets, farms, restaurants, huge food corporations, and science labs, Tasty tells the story of the still-emerging concept of flavor and how our sense of taste will evolve in the coming decades. Tasty explains the scientific research taking place on multiple fronts: how genes shape our tastes; how hidden taste perceptions weave their way into every organ and system in the body; how the mind assembles flavors from the five senses and signals from body's metabolic systems; the quest to understand why sweetness tastes good and its dangerous addictive properties; why something disgusts one person and delights another; and what today's obsessions with extreme tastes tell us about the brain.
Brilliantly synthesizing science, ancient myth, philosophy, and literature, Tasty offers a delicious smorgasbord of where taste originated and where it's going—and why it changes by the day.
每次端午节的时候,关于吃甜粽子还是咸粽子都会在微博上引起一阵“血雨腥风”,说实话,作为一个北方人,我真的无法理解肉粽的存在,类似的争论还有汤圆吃甜的还是吃咸的?豆腐脑吃甜的还是吃咸的?粽子吃甜的还是吃咸的?番茄炒蛋放糖还是放盐?所以到底是什么造成了人与人口...
评分我一贯非常爱看吃食类的书,远有唐鲁孙,中有蔡澜,近有殳俏,读他们的书如同开席,但我最喜欢汪曾祺老先生。汪老不专写吃,但信笔拈来,就是滋味。他的笔下曾写过一位在国子监当过差的祭酒老人,老人的说法儿是:“哪儿也比不了北京。北京的熬白菜也比别处好吃——五味神在北...
评分众所周知,饮食在我们的生活中占据着不可替代的重要作用,所谓民以食为天。如今,遍布城乡的各种大大小小的餐馆、饭店,花样繁缛的各色菜系,色、香、味、形俱全的菜肴琳琅满目,令人大有应接不暇之感。饮食的影响无所不在,人们于路上相遇,每每一句:“吃了吗?”简...
评分“胃不会听命于理智,而且会屈服于幻觉与错觉的力量。”美食的诱惑始终是人世间最大的诱惑之一。即使你已经下定决心减肥,但在面对美食时仍然会轻易的失去抵抗力。这就是味道的力量。《品尝的科学》正是一本关于味道的科普著作。 人有五官,各负其责,五种感觉,妙不可言,尤...
评分我一贯非常爱看吃食类的书,远有唐鲁孙,中有蔡澜,近有殳俏,读他们的书如同开席,但我最喜欢汪曾祺老先生。汪老不专写吃,但信笔拈来,就是滋味。他的笔下曾写过一位在国子监当过差的祭酒老人,老人的说法儿是:“哪儿也比不了北京。北京的熬白菜也比别处好吃——五味神在北...
初看标题以为总归会虐心虐胃 实则更多是从神经科学/心理学/社会学角度讲述人类饮食习惯与口味喜好的演变 里面的科学小故事都很有趣哇!
评分初看标题以为总归会虐心虐胃 实则更多是从神经科学/心理学/社会学角度讲述人类饮食习惯与口味喜好的演变 里面的科学小故事都很有趣哇!
评分初看标题以为总归会虐心虐胃 实则更多是从神经科学/心理学/社会学角度讲述人类饮食习惯与口味喜好的演变 里面的科学小故事都很有趣哇!
评分初看标题以为总归会虐心虐胃 实则更多是从神经科学/心理学/社会学角度讲述人类饮食习惯与口味喜好的演变 里面的科学小故事都很有趣哇!
评分初看标题以为总归会虐心虐胃 实则更多是从神经科学/心理学/社会学角度讲述人类饮食习惯与口味喜好的演变 里面的科学小故事都很有趣哇!
本站所有内容均为互联网搜索引擎提供的公开搜索信息,本站不存储任何数据与内容,任何内容与数据均与本站无关,如有需要请联系相关搜索引擎包括但不限于百度,google,bing,sogou 等
© 2025 book.wenda123.org All Rights Reserved. 图书目录大全 版权所有