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Category Archives: Senses

Reflections on disgust after tasting Nutraloaf

October 11, 2016by Sara Davis 2 Comments

In an earlier draft of one of my dissertation chapters, I made one or two claims that leaned on the assumption that tasting food is rarely a neutral act and usually elicits […]

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Disgust, Non-food, Social Anxieties, Visual appeal and presentation

Food Music Playlist #18: Umami

October 5, 2016by Sara Davis Leave a comment

I don’t tweet all that much these days–now that I’m back in a desk job, I am tweeting to the work account all day–but I still like to celebrate when […]

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Flavors, Music

Link Buffet: Made to Order

March 1, 2016by Sara Davis Leave a comment

If you’re an editor or designer and have used Loren Ipsum as placeholder text, you may be amused to know that you can now test your artisanal beer and coffee […]

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Link Buffet, Visual appeal and presentation

Link Buffet: Eculent Investigations

November 2, 2015by Sara Davis Leave a comment

If you love winter squashes, you’ll love this charmingly illustrated guide to gourds at Lucky Peach. I am always here for new research on multisensory or synaesthetic experiences of eating. […]

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Cooking, Link Buffet, Senses

Link Buffet: Remembrance of Things Past

July 24, 2015by Sara Davis 1 Comment

Giulia Bernardelli turns spilled food and drink into little paintings: At NPR: What Ever Happened to the Boozy Cake in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’? The novelized Lane cake, a confection built […]

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Link Buffet, Visual appeal and presentation

Taste, text, and everyday synaesthesia

July 22, 2015by Sara Davis 1 Comment

When I was reading The Language of Food by Dan Jurafsky, I was gratified to see some discussion of the mild everyday synaesthesia that accompanies food-related language such as brand […]

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Aromas and Odors, Art, Language, Senses, Texture and mouthfeel, Visual appeal and presentation

Barthes’ “Ornamental Cookery” in the age of Foodstagram

July 2, 2015by Sara Davis 1 Comment

“Ornamental Cookery” (as it is titled in the translation) is one of my favorite essays in Roland Barthes’ Mythologies, not least because of the vivid and whimsical descriptions of the food prepared […]

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Aesthetics, Class, Visual appeal and presentation

Link Buffet: Feasts for the Eyes

May 29, 2015by Sara Davis 2 Comments

Dutch artists Lernert and Sander cut raw food into perfect cubes: Bored Panda has a chart that identifies all of the foods. Condé Nast Traveler slideshow: Tea Rituals Around the […]

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Link Buffet, Visual appeal and presentation

Link Buffet: False spring

April 27, 2015by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Philly folk often say that we don’t get much of a spring. Most years, the snow has barely melted when summer blasts in, leaving just a week or two of […]

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Artificial Flavors, CSA, Flavors, Link Buffet

Link Buffet: Vivid Images

March 13, 2015by Sara Davis 2 Comments

At Render, Claire Lower explores the chemistry that produces orange, red, purple, and white carrots–as well as how those colors impact nutritional value. As a bonus, the post is illustrated with some gorgeous photos […]

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Cooking, Link Buffet, Trends, Vegetable, Visual appeal and presentation

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Sara Davis
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