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• n  the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

• taste
• gustation
• gustatory modality

News & Articles

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• Biodegradable Utensils That Let You Eat (With) Your Vegetables
  They may be compostable, but you’ll have a hard time throwing them out. We’ve known for ages that our sense of taste is inextricably linked with olfactory cues. More recently, we learned that the size and weight, even the color, of the utensils we eat with influences our perceptions of food . Now suppose those utensils are dressed as vegetables. Sends your senses reeling--and your environmental ...
  Aug. 12, 2013 - Fast Company Magazine