from lauriebrown54

"Tasty" claims itself to be a "brief biography of flavor" and indeed it is. McQuaid shows how taste was possibly the first sense to develop in life- 500 million years ago, sea anemones, who are restricted to eating whatever the water brings them, needed a way to tell food particles from non-food ...

from JudithDCollins

A special thank you to Scribner and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. TASTY, The Art and Science of What We Eat, by John McQuaid, is an exploration of taste, mysteries of flavor, senses, and a blend of culinary history from our ancestors to today's "foodie" revolution. Taste ...

from TeaTimeCoder

Entertaining but really light and fluffy and not going into detail on any subject.

from Tip44

Really interesting book! I have to admit I was a bit skeptical going in that a book about our sense of taste would be enough to keep me interested. The author does an excellent job of explaining the biological roots of taste and how much this taken for granted sense impacts our world.

from Tip44

Really interesting book! I have to admit I was a bit skeptical going in that a book about our sense of taste would be enough to keep me interested. The author does an excellent job of explaining the biological roots of taste and how much this taken for granted sense impacts our world.