Shizuko Yamaguchi and Chikahito Takahashi Central Research Laboratories, Ajinornoto Co., Inc., 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210, Japan Received September 27, 1983 The taste elicited by such compounds as monosodium glutamate (MSG) is termed « umami. »1’2) « Umami » elicited by MSG has been studied extensively with respect to its nature and its intensification by various co-existing substances such…
Étiquette : taste
Pairing flavours and the temporal order of tasting
Charles Spence1* , Qian Janice Wang1 and Jozef Youssef Abstract There can be little doubt that plating food beautifully is becoming ever more important in the world of high-end cuisine. However, there is a very real danger that all the attention to how a dish looks (or photographs) can end up obscuring the importance of…