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Gastrophysics : the new science of eating
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Gastrophysics : the new science of eating
Physical Description:
xxvii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary:
The answer is gastrophysics, the new area of sensory science pioneered by Oxford professor Charles Spence. Now he's stepping out of his lab to lift the lid on the entire eating experience{u2014}how the taste, the aroma, and our overall enjoyment of food are influenced by all of our senses, as well as by our mood and expectations. The pleasures of food lie mostly in the mind, not in the mouth. Get that straight and you can start to understand what really makes food enjoyable, stimulating, and, most important, memorable. Spence reveals in amusing detail the importance of all the “off the plate” elements of a meal: the weight of cutlery, the color of the plate, the background music, and much more. Whether we{u2019}re dining alone or at a dinner party, on a plane or in front of the TV, he reveals how to understand what we{u2019}re tasting and influence what others experience. This is accessible science at its best, fascinating to anyone in possession of an appetite. Crammed with discoveries about our everyday sensory lives, Gastrophysics is a book guaranteed to make you look at your plate in a whole new way.
Contents:
Taste -- Smell -- Sight -- Sound -- Touch -- The atmospheric meal -- Airline food -- The meal remembered -- The personalized meal -- The experimental meal -- Digital dining -- Back to the futurists.
Publication Info:
[New York] : Viking, 2017.
Subject:
Gastronomy
Food -- Sensory evaluation
Dinners and dining
Nutrition
Eating
Food -- Taste testing
Food tasting
Organoleptic analysis of food
Taste testing of food
Banquets
Dining
Meals
Alimentation
Food -- Health aspects
Nutrition -- Health aspects
SAILS ISBN:
9780735223462

9780735223486