Why is chocolate melting on the tongue such a decadent sensation? Why do we love crunching on bacon? Why is fizz-less soda such a disappointment to drink, and why is flat beer so unappealing to the palate? Our sense of taste produces physical and emotional reactions that cannot be explained by chemical components alone. Eating triggers our imagination, draws on our powers of recall, and activates our critical judgment, creating a unique impression in our mouths and our minds. How exactly does this alchemy work, and what are the larger cultural and environmental implications? Collaborating in the laboratory and the kitchen, Ole G. Mouritsen and Klavs Styrbaek investigate the multiple ways in which food texture influences taste. Combining scientific analysis with creative intuition and a sophisticated knowledge of food preparation, they write a one-of-a-kind book for food lovers and food science scholars. By mapping the mechanics of mouthfeel, Mouritsen and Styrbaek advance a greater awareness of its link to our culinary preferences. Gaining insight into the textural properties of raw vegetables, puffed rice, bouillon, or ice cream can help us make healthier and more sustainable food choices. Through mouthfeel, we can recreate the physical feelings of foods we love with other ingredients or learn to latch onto smarter food options. Mastering texture also leads to more adventurous gastronomic experiments in the kitchen, allowing us to reach even greater heights of taste sensation.

The classic pesto mixture of basil, garlic, olive oil, nuts, and Parmesan cheese is a popular favourite, but why stop at basil? Unlock the full potential of pesto by introducing into the mix other delicious herbs, including rosemary, mint, parsley, thyme, tarragon, and cilantro. This diverse collection of recipes for fresh pestos, pastes, and purees takes inspiration from cultures beyond Italy, with international delights such as Moroccan Chermoula, Brazilian Tempero Puree, and Peanut-Cilantro Pesto. In addition to 49 pesto recipes, 67 creative recipes for cooking with pesto show off how versatile these simple sauces can be.

The authors of "The Perfect Meal "examine all of the elements that contribute to the diner's experience of a meal (primarily at a restaurant) and investigate how each of the diner's senses contributes to their overall multisensory experience. The principal focus of the book is not on flavor perception, but on all of the non-food and beverage factors that have been shown to influence the diner's overall experience.

Examples are:

- the colour of the plate (visual)

- the shape of the glass (visual/tactile)

- the names used to describe the dishes (cognitive)

- the background music playing inside the restaurant (aural)

Novel approaches to understanding the diner's experience in the restaurant setting are explored from the perspectives of decision neuroscience, marketing, design, and psychology.

LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDRE SIMON AWARD 2021 'Truffle Hound, like a truffle, charms by seducing us' Mark Kurlansky A captivating exploration into the secretive and sensuous world of truffles, the elusive food that has captured hearts, imaginations, and palates worldwide. The scent of one freshly unearthed white truffle in Barolo was all it took to lead Rowan Jacobsen down a rabbit hole into a world of secretive hunts, misty woods, black-market deals, obsessive chefs, quixotic scientists, muddy dogs, maddening smells, and some of the most memorable meals ever created. Truffles attract dreamers, schemers, and sensualists. People spend years training dogs to find them underground. They plant forests of oaks and wait a decade for truffles to appear. They pay GBP2,170 a pound to possess them. They turn into quivering puddles in their presence. Why? Truffle Hound is the fascinating account of Rowan's quest to find out, a journey that would lead him from Italy to Istria, Hungary, Spain, England, and North America. Both an entertaining odyssey and a manifesto, Truffle Hound demystifies truffles-and then remystifies them, freeing them from their gilded cage and returning them to their roots as a sacred offering from the forest. It helps people understand why they respond so strongly to that crazy smell, shows them there's more to truffles than they ever imagined, and gives them all the tools they need to take their own truffle love to the next level. Deeply informed, unabashedly passionate, rakishly readable, Truffle Hound will spark Britain's next great culinary passion.

A new memoir by the most talented and respected British food writer of her generation.

Award-winning food writer Fuchsia Dunlop went to live in China as a student in 1994, and from the very beginning she vowed to eat everything she was offered, no matter how alien and bizarre it seemed. In this extraordinary memoir, Fuchsia recalls her evolving relationship with China and its food, from her first rapturous encounter with the delicious cuisine of Sichuan Province to brushes with corruption, environmental degradation, and greed. In the course of her fascinating journey, Fuchsia undergoes an apprenticeship at China's premier Sichuan cooking school, where she is the only foreign student in a class of nearly fifty young Chinese men; attempts, hilariously, to persuade Chinese people that "Western food" is neither "simple" nor "bland"; and samples a multitude of exotic ingredients, including sea cucumber, civet cat, scorpion, rabbit-heads, and the ovarian fat of the snow frog. But is it possible for a Westerner to become a true convert to the Chinese way of eating? In an encounter with a caterpillar in an Oxford kitchen, Fuchsia is forced to put this to the test.

From the vibrant markets of Sichuan to the bleached landscape of northern Gansu Province, from the desert oases of Xinjiang to the enchanting old city of Yangzhou, this unique and evocative account of Chinese culinary culture is set to become the most talked-about travel narrative of the year.

Eat This Book is part celebration, part education, packed with bite-size nuggets of knowledge about unique farmers' market finds, kitchen pantry staples, and fascinating global ingredients. You'll gain a new appreciation for seemingly familiar foods, and learn the backstory of some that have always seemed a bit more mysterious. Whether you're a novice cook or completely food obsessed, there's plenty here to feed your curiosity.

As a food photographer for 40 years, Joe Glyda has shot everything from appetizers to entrees to desserts. In Food Photography, author Glyda brings his experience as a teacher and professional photographer to the page, instructing photographers how to light food, use unique camera angles, and work with styles and trends to create timeless and mouth-watering images. Including setup diagrams, toolkits and instruction for editorial imagery, recipe and cookbook images, as well as images for packaging, this book is an essential resource for taking photographs that creatively meet your client's needs. Including invaluable advice on building your team and working with art directors and clients, this one-of-a-kind book is essential for students of commercial photography, food bloggers and professional photographers alike.

Dieses Buch bietet eine textkritische Edition von NaGib ad-Din as-Samarqandis (st. 619/1222) medizinischem Nahrungsmittellexikon Kitab al-Agdiya wa-l-asriba mit deutscher UEbersetzung und einer Untersuchung zu den Inhalten des Werks und seinem Kontext innerhalb der arabischen Medizinliteratur. This book offers a critical edition of Najib ad-Din as-Samarqandi's (d. 619/1222) medical food encyclopedia Kitab al-Aghdiya wa-l-ashriba along with a German translation and a study on the contents of the work and its context within Arabic medical literature.

Widely acclaimed as "the Cheese Queen," Ricki Carroll has guided thousands of home cheese makers and inspired the burgeoning popularity of artisanal cheese making with her classic book, Home Cheese Making, first published in 1982, with over 400,000 copies in print. The completely updated 4th edition features 35 new cheese recipes, colour photography of step-by-step techniques, and new profiles of contemporary cheese makers. The additions to this comprehensive volume reflect the broader selection of cheeses available in specialty food stores and groceries, including burrata, stracchino, Brillat-Savarin, D'Affinois, Cambrales, Drunk Gouda, Pecorino Pepato, goat milk's gouda, and more. Companion recipes are included for cheese plate condiments and classic cheese dishes. For cheese lovers wanting to make their own, Ricki Carroll's expert advice is the key to success.

This ingredient-focused cookbook delves deep into the healing powers of key Ayurvedic ingredients by empowering readers to develop a deeper relationship with whole plant-based foods in a way that is informative, exciting and delicious, through stimulating the senses with globally inspired, seasonal recipes adapted for modern lifestyles and western palette. A follow up sequel to chef Divya Alter s hugely successful first cookbook What to Eat for How You Feel which explained the basic principal of the Ayurveda diet a plant based diet with a focus on whole foods and seasonal fresh produce, taken to the next level by encouraging tuning in to the rhythms of nature and teaching how to select foods according to the seasons and one s individual constitution. Divya Alter draws inspiration from her many years of holistic teaching and cooking for her hugely successful plant based restaurant Divya s Kitchen in New York City. Sharing life-giving information on how to select and cook fresh, flavourful ingredients, that are the right fit for the individual s needs, and how to incorporate whole foods as a way of life to prevent and reverse many illnesses. This book makes the reader want to be healthy guiding them into the time-tested Ayurveda system of self-healing and encouraging a whole new level of health, flavour, ease, and comfort in their meals and their kitchens. Food becomes poetry and heals and invigorates - When you understand that cilantro pulls heavy metals from your body, you inherently feel more connected to cilantro. When you learn that kulthi beans dissolve kidney stones you want to try them right away. This book invites readers to develop an intimate relationship with the produce, grains, vegetables, fruits nuts, seeds, legumes, and dairy that make up their meals. Taking the best wisdom of the past and bringing it forward, teaching to delight, nourish, and heal, ingredient by ingredient, and in so doing, create flavourful and easy-to-digest meals. This is the first Ayurvedic cookbook that teaches about the ingredient s properties and gets readers into the kitchen to cook with that ingredient. Featuring over 80 globally inspired plant based recipes for breakfast, soups, salads, main dishes, treats and beverages. Including: Minestrone Soup with Barley and Baby Chickpeas, Asian Stir-Fried Radish Noodles, Pizza with Artichoke Hearts, Stuffed Cabbage Rolls, Celery Root and Taro Pancakes, Vegetable Tagine, Sunflower Beet Hummus, Hibiscus Pineapple Drink and Walnut-Orange Cake in Honey Syrup.

It is quite bizarre that a culture so besotted with food and all things relating to the stomach and the senses should have left but one cookery book. The curious, therefore, must resort to other sources of inspiration for information about the Romans at table. Not least among these sources is the poetry of men such as Horace, Martial, Juvenal, Catullus, Ovid, Livy and Seneca, here translated with grace and aplomb by the Latin scholar and poet Alistair Elliot. This work contains the Latin and English as parallels on facing pages. Alistair Elliot is a classical teacher and scholar, as well as a recognized poet.

If I Heart Soul Food left you satisfied yet also hungry for more, you're going to love Super Soul Food with Cousin Rosie! Here, Rosie shares more of her comfort soul food dishes, starting with traditional southern and creole favorites and jazzing them up with her own 'special sauce.' Rosie organizes these recipes by type of meal and adds in side dishes, breads, drinks to sip on, as well as a chapter of over-the-top desserts that make her fans swoon! Included are some of her most sought-after fan favorites (only available online until now), including: Southern Baked Macaroni and Cheese Casserole Seafood Boil with Creole Garlic Sauce Red Velvet Biscuits This is Rosie at her best, putting satisfying, soulful spins on classic, comfort southern and creole dishes, and also including her best loved fan favorites guaranteed to please old and new fans alike.

The easy way to transition to the raw food lifestyle

Celebrities like Demi Moore, Sting, Madonna, and Woody Harrelson as well as experts in diet and nutrition have drawn attention to the newest trend in eating: raw foods. As the demand for raw foods increases, so does the demand for informative and supportive facts about this way of life. "Raw Food For Dummies" shares reasons for incorporating raw food into your diet and life, tips on how to do it, and includes nearly 100 recipes.

Whether you're interested in incorporating raw foods into an existing meal plan, or transitioning to a raw foods-only diet, Raw Food For Dummies will help. Main areas of coverage include the benefits of eating raw foods, tips for avoiding undernourishment and hunger, information on transitioning to the raw food lifestyle (including where to buy and how to store raw foods), along with coverage of the popular methods of preparing meals, including sprouting, dehydrating, juicing, and greening.Features nearly 100 recipes covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, appetizers, and snacksIncludes advice on transitioning to the raw food lifestyleWritten by a veteran vegan chef and culinary arts teacher

"Raw Food For Dummies" is for anyone interested in incorporating raw foods into an existing meal plan, as well as people interested in transitioning to a raw foods-only diet.