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Delicious
- Author
- Monica Sanchez
- Narrator
- Russell Bentley
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Publish Date
- 23 March 2021
- Run Time
- 8 hours 3 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
This delightful audiobook narrated by Russell Bentley offers a savory account of how
the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution
Nature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavor. But what exactly are flavors? Why are some so pleasing while others are not?
Delicious is a supremely entertaining foray into the heart of such questions.
With generous helpings of warmth and wit, Rob Dunn and Monica Sanchez offer bold new perspectives on why food is enjoyable and how the pursuit of delicious flavors has guided the course of human history. They consider the role that flavor may have played in the invention of the first tools, the extinction of giant mammals, the evolution of the world's most delicious and fatty fruits, the creation of beer, and our own sociality. Along the way, you will learn about the taste receptors you didn't even know you had, the best way to ferment a mastodon, the relationship between Paleolithic art and cheese, and much more.
Blending irresistible storytelling with the latest science,
Delicious is a deep history of flavor that will transform the way you think about human evolution and the gustatory pleasures of the foods we eat.
Critics Review
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"One of New Scientist's best science books to read in 2021"
New Scientist
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"A New Scientist Book of the Year"
New Scientist
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"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
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"Our hosts at this empirical dinner party envision a new future for the study of flavor, with seats for the curious of every stripe. . . . A persuasive, entertaining argument about how our avid pursuit of deliciousness helped shape our evolutionary path."
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Details
- Author
- Monica Sanchez
- Narrator
- Russell Bentley
- Duration
- 8 hours 3 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 March 2021
- ISBN
- 9780691225944
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Genre
- Evolution / Evolutionary biology, Cultural studies: food and society
Synopsis
This delightful audiobook narrated by Russell Bentley offers a savory account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution Nature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavor. But what exactly are flavors? Why are some so pleasing while others are not? Delicious is a supremely entertaining foray into the heart of such questions. With generous helpings of warmth and wit, Rob Dunn and Monica Sanchez offer bold new perspectives on why food is enjoyable and how the pursuit of delicious flavors has guided the course of human history. They consider the role that flavor may have played in the invention of the first tools, the extinction of giant mammals, the evolution of the world's most delicious and fatty fruits, the creation of beer, and our own sociality. Along the way, you will learn about the taste receptors you didn't even know you had, the best way to ferment a mastodon, the relationship between Paleolithic art and cheese, and much more. Blending irresistible storytelling with the latest science, Delicious is a deep history of flavor that will transform the way you think about human evolution and the gustatory pleasures of the foods we eat.
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