“Taste, like smell, is a doorman for the digestive tract, a chemical scan for possibly dangerous (bitter, sour) elements and desirable (salty,… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Flavor is a combination of taste (sensory input from the surface of the tongue) and smell, but mostly it’s the latter. Humans… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Taste—as in personal preference, discernment—is subjective. It’s ephemeral, shaped by trends and fads. It’s one part mouth and nose, two parts ego.… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Which ones, in short, make the difference in the consumer’s mouth and mind? “And you can’t ask the consumer,” says Langstaff. “You… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Animals’ taste systems are specialized for the niche they occupy in the environment. “That’s driven their sensory systems down a certain path,”… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Animals' taste systems are specialized for the niche they occupy in the environment. That includes us. As hunters and foragers of the… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I'm always imposing my taste in books on others. I hope that people enjoy being surprised by a book they might not… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Time to try the palatant. I raise the cup to my nose. It has no smell. I roll some over my tongue.… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
It seems odd to think of tasting without any perceptive experience, but you are doing it right now. Humans have taste receptor… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Which is something to be thankful for,” says Danielle Reed, Rawson’s former colleague at Monell. Otherwise you’d be tasting things like bile… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Taste is a sort of chemical touch. Taste cells are specialized skin cells. If you have hands for picking up foods and… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Rawson points out that although snakes can’t taste, they have a primitive sense of smell. They’ll extend their tongue to gather volatile molecules and… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“As the number of Inuit who hunt has dwindled, so has the consumption of organs (and other anatomy not available for purchase at the… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when I spend… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“If you look at survivable crashes, it’s rare that even half the emergency exits open,” says Shanahan. “Plus, there’s a lot of panic and… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“…he was doing a breath hydrogen test. If you know the amount of hydrogen someone is exhaling orally, it's a simple matter to extrapolate… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Viagra isn't the only drug being prescribed off-label for women with arousal problems. Los Angeles urologist Jennifer Berman told me some doctors are prescribing… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Sharing a room with a cadaver is only mildly different from being in a room alone. They are the same sort of company as… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. I never believe them because:… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“panel applicants at the initial screening were asked not only to describe the cat foods but also to rate them according to how much… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“* Kissing is a less aggressive form of bacterial transplant. Studies of three different gingivitis-causing bacteria have documented migration from spouse to spouse. Periodontically… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Nirlungayuk reached a similar conclusion. I tracked him down, seventeen years later, and asked him what the outcome of his country-foods campaign had been.… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
