Taste

Eva and Carey discuss the science behind taste, theories about flavor pairings, and do an on-air tasting of foods with similar flavor components, as well as foods after a dose of miraculin.

Blue dye taste bud test.

Scientific American flavor map.

Cambridge flavor network.

Martin Lersch's Khymos blog.

Flavor pairings taste test:

• black tea + green bell pepper/tomato
• wheat beer + apple
• syrah/pinot noir/cabernet + parmesan cheese
• syrah/pinot noir/cabernet + milk chocolate
• syrah/pinot noir/cabernet + dark chocolate
• port/dessert wine + milk chocolate
• port/dessert wine + dark chocolate

Miraculin taste test (purchase Frooties!):

• lemon
• grapefruit
• apple
• pickle/olive
• mustard
• rice wine vinegar
• red wine
• other recommendations: lime, hot sauce, sour ale (or really anything you're curious about!)