Taste : a book of small bites /
Taste is a lyric meditation on one of our five senses, which we often take for granted. Structured as a series of "small bites," the book considers the ways that we ingest the world, how we come to know ourselves and others through the daily act of tasting. Through flavorful explorations o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | No limits (New York, N.Y.)
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| Summary: | Taste is a lyric meditation on one of our five senses, which we often take for granted. Structured as a series of "small bites," the book considers the ways that we ingest the world, how we come to know ourselves and others through the daily act of tasting. Through flavorful explorations of the sweet, the sour, the salty, the bitter and umami, Jehanne Dubrow reflects on the nature of taste. In a series of short, interdisciplinary essays, she blends personal experience with analysis of poetry, fiction, music and the visual arts, as well as religious and philosophical texts. Dubrow considers the science of taste as well as how taste transforms from a physical sensation into a metaphor for discernment. Taste is organized not so much as a linear dinner served in courses but as a meal consisting of meze, small plates of intensely flavored discourse. |
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| Physical Description: | 144 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-135) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231201742 0231201745 9780231201759 0231201753 |