Titrating Our Tastebuds
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Ever wondered why a pinch of salt makes caramel taste sweeter or food tastes dull when you have a cold? It’s a complex dance of molecular biology and organic chemistry.
Join us for our next meetup as we dive deep into the fascinating world of gustatory perception and flavor chemistry. We’re moving beyond the "tongue map" you learned in grade school to explore how our brains actually build the experience of flavor.
We will be discussing the following videos which are combined in this YouTube playlist:
- Taste & Smell: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology (10.5 min)
- Everything I Thought I Knew About Flavor Was Wrong (21 min)
- This 52 minute Video Will Change How You Think About Salt (52 min)
- Does Carbonation Have a Taste? (31 min)
Bonus: Why is Food Chemistry Important For Us? (7 min)
Important notes for all attendees:
1st and most important:
Welcome and thank you for joining us at our MeetUp!
2nd. Do the homework!
This event is a group discussion about the media and is not a group listen party. Be sure to have listened to/read the materials BEFORE joining us. It will help you stay in the loop!
3rd. Food & Beverage
Wine, beer and Topo Chico are available at the bar! Meals are not served at Winehaus but sometimes charcuterie boards are available. You are welcome to bring your dinner or order delivery from a local business and eat during the discussion!
4th. A typical meetup looks like this:
We start with an icebreaker question and introductions around the table, often with gentil banter about the icebreaker or uproarious laughter (hey, it happens!), then the organizer throws out questions to incite conversation!
Note: We do our best to stay on topic and ensure everyone is able to share, but we recognize there are times when great contributions may not make it into the discussion. If you have something you really want to say and need an outlet to do so, please join our Discord server and participate virtually as well as in person! Click here to Join FWWSS on Discord.
5th. No one is obligated for any length of time. Sometimes the discussion ends around 8:00 and sometimes we talk past 9:00.