This is a dense book that took me a long time to chew through it. I had to set it aside and come back to it, which is unusual for me, because reading it was surprisingly tiring. Nonetheless, it was well worth reading. It approaches the idea of taste from all directions, much more than I can list here. For instance, acquired tastes that are associated with adulthood, that are not normally enjoyed by children (such as bitter tea). I thought the discussion of gazes and expressions when looking at foods was very interesting, as well as how knowledge changes the experience of taste -- knowing that peaches originated in China, etc. It would be too hard for my students, I think, but I am glad that I persevered.

I'm afraid that even knowing it was to be a dense academic book I found it too dense to make it through.

I have decided that i will not be publishing a review for this book after reading it since i did not get along with this book. but since i felt like it was mostly for my own personal reasons why i didn't enjoy the book it wouldn't be fair towards the author and the book itself if i would publicise a negative review simply because this book didn't fit into my personal reading preferences.
thank you for the opportunity to read this book even if it did not work out as we all had hoped.

My apologies; if I requested this book, it appears that due to family commitments I was not able to read it before the book was archived. I'm sorry it has lingered this long.