Your Tasting Brain: A Sensory Approach to Wine, Beer, and Other Pleasures
Randy Mosher
May 2026 · University of Chicago Press
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About this ebook
A scintillating invitation to enrich our culinary pursuits by understanding how our bodies turn a taste into flavor, emotion, and meaning.
Our foodscape has never been more adventurous, but fully experiencing the subtleties of complex cheeses, wines, or cocktails can be a challenge. No longer! In Your Tasting Brain, bestselling food writer Randy Mosher assures us that we can all become master tasters by learning more about the brilliant ways our bodies translate smell, taste, and mouthfeel into flavor—without needing to know everything about terroir, varietals, or exotic ingredients.
In Your Tasting Brain, Mosher shares a roadmap to send you on your tasting journey, one that connects the worlds of science and art. Our bodies are more finely tuned tasting machines than we realize, Mosher explains. Even a simple grasp of how our senses interact with the world can enhance our culinary delight—and Mosher offers us a tantalizing place to begin: from how our brain processes, categorizes, and rewards (or punishes) encounters with chemicals in food all the way to how aromas and flavors spur us to language, emotion, and creativity. Overflowing with scientific insight and practical advice, Your Tasting Brain is an appetizing guide for anyone looking to enhance the pleasures they find in food through attention, curiosity, and practice.
Our foodscape has never been more adventurous, but fully experiencing the subtleties of complex cheeses, wines, or cocktails can be a challenge. No longer! In Your Tasting Brain, bestselling food writer Randy Mosher assures us that we can all become master tasters by learning more about the brilliant ways our bodies translate smell, taste, and mouthfeel into flavor—without needing to know everything about terroir, varietals, or exotic ingredients.
In Your Tasting Brain, Mosher shares a roadmap to send you on your tasting journey, one that connects the worlds of science and art. Our bodies are more finely tuned tasting machines than we realize, Mosher explains. Even a simple grasp of how our senses interact with the world can enhance our culinary delight—and Mosher offers us a tantalizing place to begin: from how our brain processes, categorizes, and rewards (or punishes) encounters with chemicals in food all the way to how aromas and flavors spur us to language, emotion, and creativity. Overflowing with scientific insight and practical advice, Your Tasting Brain is an appetizing guide for anyone looking to enhance the pleasures they find in food through attention, curiosity, and practice.
About the author
Randy Mosher is a food writer and creative consultant who teaches at the Siebel Institute of Brewing School. He is the author of five books, including Tasting Beer: An Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Drink. He is currently a minority partner in two Chicago-area breweries
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