Taste Matters: Why We Like the Foods We Do

by John Prescott

Book Overview

The human tongue has somewhere up to eight thousand taste buds to inform us when something is sweet, salty, sour, or bitter--or as we usually think of it--delicious or revolting. Tastes differ from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861899149
• ISBN13: 9781861899149
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"