taste

Introduces the four basic tastes, sweet, sour, bitter, and salty, along with 15 other types of tastes and textures, such as spicy, cold, and crunchy. Recipes and activities are included.

Photos and simple text describe the tastes of different types of food.

A simple introduction to the sense of taste.

Rose Edelstein, on the eve of her ninth birthday, bites into her mother's lemon-chocolate cake and is immediately aware of the hidden secrets the members of her family hold.

Explains the physiology of taste and smell and how we use these senses to find out about the world in which we live.

Text and photographs present the sense of taste and how it works.

A brief introduction to the concept of taste with an illustrated list of related words.

Discusses the anatomy and physiology of the mouth and nose, and explains how these sensory organs enable humans to taste and smell. Includes three-dimensional illustrations.

Describes the parts of the mouth and how they function and discusses why things taste different to different people, the relationship between smell and taste, the sense of taste in animals, and more.

Provides information about the senses of smell and taste, discusses their relationship to one another, and explains how these two senses help people learn about the world around them.