Is there more to tasting than meets your tongue? Researchers are investigating how the way food smells, or looks, can change the way it’s perceived. Can eating something in a blue bowl make it seem saltier? Marc Abrahams, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, describes the research, and shares some food industry “insider” tips for making food taste better.
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Marc Abrahams
Marc Abrahams is the editor and co-founder of Annals of Improbable Research and the founder and master of ceremonies for the Ig Nobel Awards Ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts.