Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating

by Charles Spence

Book Overview

The science behind a good meal: all the sounds, sights, and tastes that make us like what we're eating--and want to eat more. Why do we consume 35 percent more food when eating with one other person, and 75 percent more when dining with three? How do we explain the fact that people who like strong coffee drink more of it under bright lighting? And why does green ketchup just not work? The answer is gastrophysics, the new area of sensory science pioneered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735223467
• ISBN13: 9780735223462
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"