Umami: Unlocking the Secrets of the Fifth Taste

by Klavs Styrbaek, Klavs Styrb?k, Ole G. Mouritsen, et al.

Book Overview

In the West, we have identified only four basic tastes--sour, sweet, salty, and bitter--that, through skillful combination and technique, create delicious foods. Yet in many parts of East Asia over... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023116890X
• ISBN13: 9780231168908
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.7" x 10.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher