Tasty (32 page)

bitterness of,
44
,
68

roasting of,
40
,
50
–52

Collings, Virginia,
4

Columbia University,
60
–61,
196
,
205
,
240

Columbus, Christopher,
114
,
168
–69

Congo,
169

Contamination,
149
,
152
–54

Corn Products Refining Company,
118

Cornell University,
1

Corn syrup,
107
–8,
118
,
130

Cortés, Hernán,
50

Cows.
See
Cattle

Cruciferous vegetables.
See
Broccoli

Crum, George,
194

Cruz, Martín de la,
176

Cuba,
168

Currie, Ed,
162
–63,
171
–72,
174
,
180
–82,
185
,
187

Curtis, Valerie,
143
–45

Damasio, Antonio,
146

Darwin, Charles,
43
,
135
–42,
149
,
153
–54,
156
,
157
,
159
,
200

Dasa, Purandara,
169

Decomposition,
21
,
78
–79,
151
.
See also
Fermentation

Deliciousness,
39
,
71
,
91
,
194
,
220
–21,
229
–30,
241

aromas' role in,
209

brain responses and,
203
–4

engineering of,
229
–34

negation of.
See
Disgust

sweetness associated with,
107
,
110
(
see also
Sugar: pleasure response to)

See also
Umami

Democritus,
8
,
9

Denaturing,
40

Derby, Earl of,
114

Descent of Man, The
(Darwin),
43

De Wit, Marcel,
162

Diabetes,
69
,
107
–8,
130
,
182

Dillin, Andrew,
181

Dinosaurs,
24
–25,
27
,
28
,
164

Dionne quintuplets,
56
–58

Disgust,
11
,
22
,
31
,
126
,
135
–59,
184
,
231
,
244

brain structures involved in,
145
–48

cultural differences in,
135
–38,
143
–45,
150
–56,
159

facial expressions of,
138
–43,
145
,
147
–48

Distillation,
76
–77,
89
,
98
,
117
,
217
–18

DNA,
9
,
21
,
22
,
54
,
90
,
222

of cattle,
86

taste receptor,
9
–11,
48
,
60
–63,
67
,
69
,
207

of yeast,
80
,
84

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery,
84
–85

Dominican Republic,
80

Don Quixote
(Cervantes),
7

Dopamine,
123
–29,
185

Draeger's supermarket,
205

Drives,
6
,
119
,
120
,
199
,
214

Dudley, Robert,
81

Duffy, Jim,
170
–71

Dunbar, Robin,
43
–44

DuPont chemical company,
53

Durand, Peter,
157

Dutton, Rachel,
222
,
224
–27

Ecuador,
167

Edinburgh, University of,
100

Edward I, King of England,
114

Edzepi, René,
243

Egypt, ancient,
84

Ekman, Paul,
140
–42,
153

El Sidrón (Spain),
63

Emotions,
11
–12,
94
–96,
121
–24,
145
,
164
,
186
,
206

negative.
See
Disgust

Encephalitis,
145
,
198

Endorphins,
125
–26

England,
113
–14,
117
–18,
162
,
220
,
232
.
See also
Britain

Enlightenment,
7

Ethiopia,
36

Eugeissona tristis
,
80

Eugenics,
56
,
141

Euphorbia
,
178

Euphorbus,
178

Europe,
64
,
65
,
78
,
86

Evans, Josh,
244

Evolution,
15
,
17
–45,
80
,
119
,
135

of biological defense systems in plants,
49
,
165

human.
See
Human evolution

of jawless fish,
21
–23

prey-predator revolution in,
17
–21

of protomammals,
23
–27

tools for tracking course of.
See
Genetics

of vision,
28
–31

See also
Natural selection

Evolutionary Biology Institute,
63

Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals, The
(Darwin),
138

Facial expressions,
31
,
49
,
124
,
138
–43,
145
,
147
–48

Famines,
64
,
136
,
193

Fats,
39
,
43
,
107
,
191
,
194
–97,
202
,
211

in cheese,
88
–89,
225

in meat,
32
,
43
,
50
,
210

receptors for,
12
,
195

Felder, Dan,
216
–17,
221
–24

Fermentation,
77
–85,
99
,
102
,
136
,
150
,
191
,
215
–18

flavors released by,
90
,
93
,
96
,
98

See also specific foods and beverages

Fertile Crescent,
78

Fessler, Daniel,
144

Fetal development, mammalian,
27

Firmenich flavor company,
232

Fish, jawless,
21
–23,
61

Fisher, R. A.,
62

FitzRoy, Robert,
135
,
136

Flavoring-Principle Cookbook
(Rozin),
183

Fleischman, Adam,
235
–37

Florence, University of,
80

Florida, University of,
242

Folgers coffee,
202

Fongoli chimps,
43

Fonseca-Azevedo, Karina,
41

Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
132

Foodpairing company,
232

Ford, E. B.,
62

Ford, Norma,
57

Fore tribe,
140
–42

Formaldehyde,
131

For Whom the Bell Tolls
(Hemingway),
75

Fossils,
18
–22,
26
–27,
35
–38,
63
,
166
–67

Fowler, Gerald,
162

Fox, Arthur L.,
53
–55,
58
,
59
,
61
,
62
,
65
,
67

Fox, Vicente,
48

France,
76
,
113
,
117
,
118
,
156
–57,
193
,
217

cuisine of,
221

National Centre for Scientific Research,
86
,
147

National Institute for Deaf-Mutes,
155

wines of,
242
–43

Franklin, Benjamin,
117

French Guiana,
29

Freud, Sigmund,
6
,
120
,
121
,
176

Freudian slip,
5

Frontal cortex,
186
,
203
,
206
.
See also
Orbitofrontal cortex

Fructose.
See
High-fructose corn syrup

Fruit flies,
49
,
69
,
119

Fuchs, Leonhard,
169

Functional MRI (fMRI) scans,
12
,
92
,
95
,
97
,
128
,
194
,
203
–6,
244

Fungi,
20
,
78
,
90
,
136
,
222
,
224
.
See also
Molds; Yeasts

GABA receptors,
76

Galápagos Islands,
135

Ganjavıˉ, Nez˙aˉmıˉ,
112

Gawker
website,
209

Genetic engineering,
129
,
181

Genetics,
57
–59,
62
–64,
85
,
90
,
98
,
141
,
192
,
221

Mendelian,
54
–56

See also
DNA

Genocide,
153

Germany,
84
,
157
,
169
,
176
,
193

in World War II,
189

Gesher Benot Qa'aqov cave (Israel),
32
–34,
40
,
43
,
64

Gimme! Coffee,
50
–53

Glucose,
118
,
130

Glutamates,
96
–97,
234
,
235

Goats,
67
,
78
,
86
–88,
103

Goebbels, Joseph,
153

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,
22

Google,
209

Goren-Inbar, Naama,
32
–34

Greeks,
114
,
116

ancient,
5
,
7
,
92
,
102
,
120
,
194

Greenland,
66

Greenland shark,
150
–52

Grimod de La Reynière, Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent,
219

Groningen, University of,
11

Haas, Jedd,
76
,
77

Habitats,
34
,
37
,
43
,
45
,
49
,
54
,
65

Hadrocodium wui
,
27

Hagfish,
21
–23

Haidt, Jonathan,
105

Hákarl
,
150
–52,
215

Hänig, David P.,
2
–4

Harbour, Scott,
225

Harvard University,
1
,
2
,
26
,
41
,
192
,
200

Center for Systems Biology,
222

Hearing, sense of,
6
,
21
,
48
,
93

Heat receptors,
179
–81

Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
32

Hedonic hotspots,
123
,
126
,
128
,
165
,
185
,
196
,
202

Heirloom varieties,
242

Herding,
78
,
86
–88,
102
,
103

Heredity.
See
Genetics

Hemingway, Ernest,
75

Henry, Amanda,
36
–37

Herculano-Houzel, Suzana,
41

Herr's Potato Chips,
190

High cuisine,
191
,
192
,
221

High-fructose corn syrup,
107
–8,
118
,
130

Hildibrandsson, Kirstján,
151
–52

Hippocampus,
103
,
145
,
205

Hispaniola,
114
–15,
168

Hitler, Adolf,
253

Homer,
102

Homo erectus
,
33
,
41
,
64

Homo sapiens
,
32
,
38
,
40
,
42
,
63
,
80
,
96
,
139
,
143
,
163

Howler monkeys,
29
–30,
81

Hull, Clark,
120

Human evolution,
17
,
31
–45,
53
,
78
,
81
–82,
154

bitter sensitivity in,
63
–68

of brain size and structures,
23
,
25
,
37
–38,
42
–44,
96
,
128

cooking in,
31
–33,
39
–43,
221

omnivorous diet and,
197

sugar consumption and,
107
,
119
,
128