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foie gras with jasmine sauce
: Hickman, “Doctor Food.”

 
234
 
forged a creative bond
: Chris Nay, “When Machines Get Creative: The Virtual Chef,”
Building a Smarter Planet
(blog), December 12, 2013,
http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2013/12/virtualchef.html
. “Cognitive Cookbook,” IBM website,
http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/cognitivecooking/food.html
.

 
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set out to isolate it
: Kenzo Kurihara, “Glutamate: From discovery as a food flavor to role as a basic taste (umami),”
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
90, no. 3 (2009): 719S–722S, doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27462D.

 
243
 
grapes in Bordeaux
: Gregory V. Jones, “Climate change: Obser
vations, projections and general implications for viticulture and wine production,” Whitman College Economics Department Working Paper, 2007.

 
243
 
for more global warming
: John McQuaid, “What Rising Temperatures May Mean for World's Wine Industry,”
Yale Environment 360
, December 19, 2011,
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/what_global_warming_may_mean_for_worlds_wine_industry/2478/
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Absinthe,
75
–77,
96
,
99

Acetaldehyde,
103

Acinetobacter
,
151

Adolphs, Ralph,
146

Adrià, Ferran,
220
,
233

Afar depression,
44
–45

Africa,
61
,
67
,
72
,
78
,
80
,
88
,
117
,
132
,
178

human evolution in,
35
–37,
44
–45

migration of early humans from,
33
,
49
,
63
–65

slaves imported from,
115
,
116
,
169

Agriculture,
90
,
157
,
181

origins of,
78

sustainable,
228

Ahn, Yong-Yeol,
230
,
231
,
233

Alabama, University of,
41

Alchemy,
115

biological,
178

Alcmaeon,
7
,
9

Alcohol/Alcoholic beverages,
76
–83,
89
,
98
,
131
,
191
,
218
.
See also
Beer; Distillation; Fermentation; Wine

Alkaloids,
47
,
164
–65,
176
,
193

Allen, Woody,
20

Allman, John,
43

Alphenics,
114

Altiplano (Bolivia),
72

American Association for the Advancement of Science,
55

American Civil Liberties Union,
198

American Indians.
See
Native Americans

Amino acids,
40
,
96
,
210
,
215
,
235

in human genome,
9
,
60

Amygdala,
145

Anandamide,
126
,
165

Anatolia,
88

Apes,
29
,
31
,
41
,
42
,
66
,
72
,
143
,
147

evolution of humans from,
34
,
35

See also
Chimpanzees

Appert, Nicolas,
156
–58

Aquinas, Thomas,
113
–14

Arabian Peninsula,
65

Arabs,
76
,
112
,
114

Arajo, Ivan de,
129

Argentina,
135
,
141

Arkansas, soda tax in,
108

Arnold, Dave,
239
–41

Aromas.
See
Smell, sense of

Arthasastra
(Kautilya),
111

Arthrobacter
,
226
–27

Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances for Several Years, The
(Appert),
157

Asia,
64
,
65
,
72
,
78
,
88
,
163
,
173

cuisines of,
96
,
97
,
174
,
234

See also specific countries

Aspartame,
108
,
130
–31

Aspergillus
species,
85
,
89
–90,
222
,
223

Atelier Vie,
76
,
77

Auckland, University of,
194
–95

Aurochs,
86
,
87

Australia,
109
,
162
,
191
,
244

Australopithecines,
35
–37

Austria,
156

Aymara people,
72
,
183

Ayurveda,
8

Aztecs,
50
,
176

Bab el-Mandeb Strait,
63
–64,
72

Bacteria,
19
,
49
,
70
,
143
,
218
,
222

in fermentation process,
78
,
87
–88,
224
–29

See also specific species

Badiano, Juan,
176

Badiano Codex
(Cruz and Badiano),
176
,
177

Baghdad,
112
–13

Bahamas,
167
,
168

Barale, Roberto,
69
–70

Barbados,
115
–16

Barro Colorado Island,
81

Bartoshuk, Linda,
3
,
68
–69

Bavaria,
84

Baylor University,
204

BBC,
144

Beagle
(ship),
135
–37,
157

Beer,
78
,
84
,
89
,
98
,
109
,
192

bitterness of,
44
,
50
,
58
,
66

Beethoven, Ludwig van,
130

Behavioral immune system,
145
,
154

Behaviorism,
120
–21

Belgium,
232

Benedictine order,
113

Berger, Lee,
35

Berger, Matthew,
35

Berridge, Kent,
122
–28,
196
,
262
–63
n

Bhallika,
111

Bible,
50
,
153
,
197

Birds,
18
,
29
,
31
,
165

Bitterness,
2
–3,
11
–12,
28
,
44
,
47
–73,
117
,
132
,
163
,
228
,
234
,
241

adaptation to,
72
–73,
182
–83

of alcoholic beverages,
50
,
58
,
75
,
77
,
85
,
98
–99

aversion to,
49
,
139
,
148
,
207

combined with other flavors,
50
–53,
196

of plants,
37
,
164

in prehistoric human diet,
37
,
39

receptors for,
60
–61,
70
–71,
95
,
98
,
131
,
196
,
207
–8

variations in sensitivity to,
34
,
47
–49,
53
–59,
61
–63,
65
–69

virtual,
213

Bizarre Foods
(TV show),
151

Blood sugar,
72
,
181
–82

Bloomberg, Michael,
108

Blumenthal, Heston,
220
,
232

Bolivia,
72
,
163
,
165
,
183

Bollongino, Ruth,
86

Bonaparte, Napoleon,
118
,
156
,
157

Bonobos,
39
–40

Bordeaux, University of,
204

Boring, Edwin Garrigues,
1
–5,
200

Borneo,
142

Bourdain, Anthony,
151

Brain stem,
42

Brassica
,
47
,
72

Brazil,
141

Brickley, Zoe,
227
–28

Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme,
90
–91

Brin, Sergey,
209

Britain,
66
,
189
–191,
209
.
See also
England

British Empire,
115
,
137
,
142
,
154

navy of,
157

Broccoli,
47
–48,
58
,
61
,
72
,
164

Buddhism,
110
–12,
128

Burke, Seamus,
190

Burma,
169

Burns, Daniel,
216
–17

Bush, Barbara,
48

Bush, George H. W.,
47
,
72

Bush, George W.,
48

Butabushi
,
216
–17,
222
–23

Butyric acid,
93

Cacao beans,
50

Caffeine,
51
,
72
,
164

Calabria,
70
–71

Calagione, Sam,
84
–85

California, University of

Berkeley,
181

Los Angeles (UCLA),
144

California Institute of Technology,
43

Cambrian explosion,
20
,
24
,
34
,
119

Cambrian Period,
19
–20

Cambridge University,
29
,
127

Cameroon,
67

Campbell, Michael,
68

Campbell's foods,
202

Canada,
56
–58,
243
,
238

Canary Islands,
114
,
115

Cancer,
69
,
90
,
106
,
131
–32,
207

Cannibalism,
136
,
151

Canning,
137
,
157

of meat,
137
–38,
153
,
156

Cantu, Homaro,
105
–6,
108
–9,
132

Capsaicin,
161
,
164
–65,
173
,
183
–84

measurement of concentrations of.
See
Scoville units

numbing effects of,
175
–78

receptors for,
179
–82

Capsicum
species,
165
,
171
,
174

Caribbean,
72

Caseins,
88

Cattle,
89
,
106
,
115
,
192
,
225
,
227

beef,
150
,
209
–10

domestication of,
86
–87

environmental impact of,
243

Caucasus,
33

Chang, David,
215
–17

Chapman, Hanah,
148

Chateau Jiahu,
85
,
89

Cheese,
13
,
102
–3,
105
,
109
,
189
,
215
,
241

acids in,
105
,
234

industrially produced,
191
–92

potato chips flavored with,
189
–90

process of making,
78
,
79
,
86
–89,
96
,
98
,
218
–19,
224
–31

Chemotherapy,
106

Chicago, restaurants in,
105
,
106
,
108
–9

Chicago World's Fair (1933),
56

Child, Julia,
47
,
182
,
221

Children,
3
–5,
32
,
87
,
144
,
189

disgust responses in,
140
,
142
,
149
–50

sensitivity to bitterness of,
44

wild,
154
–55

Chile,
142

Chili peppers,
44
,
68
,
161
–87,
193
,
244

cultivation of,
161
–62,
171
–72

defense system of,
164
–66

international popularity of,
169
–70

heat measurement of.
See
Scoville units

heat receptors and,
98
,
179
–81

physiological effects of eating,
163
,
173
–87

starch grains of,
166
–67

Chimpanzees,
30
,
37
–40,
43
,
62
–63,
184

China,
27
,
66
,
77
,
82
–85,
113
,
117
,
150
,
169
,
176

Chlorogenic acid lactones,
51

Chocolate,
13
,
20
,
96
,
199
,
209

alkaloids in,
164
–65

pairing other foods with,
232
–34,
239

sweetened,
117

Chromosomes,
9
,
58
,
61

Chrysophyllum lucentifolium
,
29
–30

Clark, Liz,
52
–53

Clay, Trish,
14
,
58
–59

Clement II, Pope,
130

Climate change,
243
,
244

Cocaine,
125
,
164
,
176

Cochlea,
49

Cocktails,
239
–41

Coffee,
4
,
13
,
44
,
50
–53