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品嘗的科學:普立茲獎得主教你用腦品出好滋味(三版): : Harold McGee John McQuaid Eating Well BBC5160LTCMTHE BEATLES BBC DiscoveryBBC1110
作者: 約翰‧麥奎德 | 譯者: 林東翰 / 張瓊懿 / 甘錫安
光是懂得食物的成分與烹飪的科學,
對於「滋味」,你只懂了一半!
普立茲獎、國際專業烹飪協會大獎得主 約翰‧麥奎德力作
李家維/葉怡蘭/莊祖宜/陳淑華 推薦
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對於「滋味」,你只懂了一半!
普立茲獎、國際專業烹飪協會大獎得主 約翰‧麥奎德力作
李家維/葉怡蘭/莊祖宜/陳淑華 推薦
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備受尊崇的食品科學家哈洛德‧麥克吉(Harold McGee)與一群知名廚師曾鄭重宣告:
「吃這件事除了會用到各種感官,也與我們的心智有關。」
與我們的其他感官相當不同,「對味道的感受」不僅因人而異,且差異可能極大。
它涉及我們全身、大腦、心理等許多層面,神祕莫測,因此在過去兩千年來,
這領域一直處於科學研究的邊緣。直到近年隨著新型科技與科學理解的進展,
才終於躍居科研的前沿,使「烹飪」成一門講究的技藝,從而揭露諸多奧祕:
○「聯覺人」的大腦裡,一種感官會觸發另一種看似毫不相關的感官,比如文字的字義或發音會觸發味覺。大腦也可能會混淆不同味道和氣味。
○光是「想像」苦味或看到嫌惡皺眉的表情,大腦就會體驗到「苦」的反應,影響你嘗出的滋味,所以生活經驗會持續影響嘗東西的偏好。
○為何代糖吃起來,就是比不上真正的糖?
○為什麼「甜點是另一個胃」,此話不假?
○發酵作用如何解放出「新味道分子大軍」,帶動一連串廚藝實驗?
○辣的刺激其實是種不適感,人類為何偏偏喜愛?
○鮮味是怎麼藉由與其他味道協力合作,讓食物的美味跳出來?
○澱粉加重鹽,洋芋片這種垃圾食物貌不驚人,為何卻令人一口接一口?
○細胞上的「受體」可以察覺環境中的特殊物質,比方帶苦味的分子。人類細胞每個都有受體,這意味著我們「全身具有味覺」?
○我們的大腦相當消耗能量,為了攝食效率,人類祖先發展出更佳狩獵能力與烹飪技術,並學會用火,製作更美味、好吸收的食物。
○代糖的分子能與甜味受體產生鍵結,但無法完全結合,就像一支鑰匙能插入鎖中,但無法轉到底開鎖一樣,因而無法完全觸發大腦的愉悅線路。
○在幾個大腦結構中,反應「愉悅」與「痛覺」的神經細胞都很接近,或許這是某些人覺得越辣越過癮的原因。
品嘗是人體最為獨特的感官能力,有太多有趣的事值得探掘!
國際專業烹飪協會大獎得主約翰‧麥奎德深入廚房、超市、農場、餐廳,
以及大型食品公司與科學實驗室,揭露最新的飲食研究結果,
並援引神經學、人類學、生物學、遺傳學、演化論等眾多領域的知識,
廣泛地闡述了味覺如何塑造智人的發展,
以及我們如何逐漸理解這種最神祕感官的運作方式。(更詳盡介紹可參閱目錄引文)
作者
約翰‧麥奎德(John McQuaid)
耶魯大學出身的資深記者,擅長撰寫深度報導,文章曾刊於《華盛頓郵報》、《連線》、《吃得好》(Eating Well)、富比世網站,以及全世界最大博物館體系史密森尼學會的刊物《史密森尼雜誌》等。他與馬克・施萊夫斯坦為《紐奧良平民時報》所做的科學與環境系列報導預測到了卡崔娜颶風,並且探討了全球漁業危機與外來物種問題,贏得普立茲獎肯定。他還有其他作品榮獲美國科學促進會、美國生物科學學會與國際專業烹飪協會的大獎。
譯者
林東翰
曾經擔任出版社與《BBC知識》雜誌編輯,譯有《衝撞日產:卡洛斯・戈恩的跨文化經營之戰》、《全球趨勢資訊圖集:5大面向、160張精緻彩圖,掌握當代必備世界觀》、《跌落神壇的金融天才:史上最大對沖基金LTCM興衰啟示錄》、《最有梗的桂冠:搞笑諾貝爾獎》、《特斯拉:點亮現代世界的傳奇》、《落腳矽谷:一位創業家的貼身觀察》、《漫步自由市場》,以及《THE BEATLES:披頭四:唯一正式授權傳記》等書。負責翻譯本書第一、二、四章。
張瓊懿
德州農工大學醫學生理學博士,喜歡藉閱讀來開拓視野,更樂於與人分享所聞、所學,因而熱衷翻譯。譯作有《心流:高手都在研究的最優體驗心理學》、《大疫時代必修的生命教育》、《大腦韌性》、《我發瘋的那段日子》、《美國福爾摩斯:海因里希與催生鑑識科學的經典案件》、《強菌天敵:一個打敗致命超級細菌的真實故事》、《生命的關鍵決定:從醫生決定到病人決定的時代》與《不願面對的真相》等書,並擔任《BBC知識》雜誌的譯者。負責翻譯本書第三、七、八、九章。
甘錫安
由科學界踏入「譯界」,現為專職譯者。曾擔任Discovery頻道與資訊雜誌編譯,現仍為《科學人》與《BBC知識》等雜誌翻譯。書籍譯作包括《決斷的演算:預測、分析與好決定的11堂邏輯課》、《暗池:人工智慧如何顛覆股市生態》、《成分迷思:解讀健康新聞的10堂通識課》、《因果革命:人工智慧的大未來》與《別理假訊息,擁抱真科學》等書。住在有山有海有美食的台灣頭基隆,熱愛吸收各類知識,正努力朝「全方位譯人」的目標邁進。負責翻譯本書第五、六章。
耶魯大學出身的資深記者,擅長撰寫深度報導,文章曾刊於《華盛頓郵報》、《連線》、《吃得好》(Eating Well)、富比世網站,以及全世界最大博物館體系史密森尼學會的刊物《史密森尼雜誌》等。他與馬克・施萊夫斯坦為《紐奧良平民時報》所做的科學與環境系列報導預測到了卡崔娜颶風,並且探討了全球漁業危機與外來物種問題,贏得普立茲獎肯定。他還有其他作品榮獲美國科學促進會、美國生物科學學會與國際專業烹飪協會的大獎。
譯者
林東翰
曾經擔任出版社與《BBC知識》雜誌編輯,譯有《衝撞日產:卡洛斯・戈恩的跨文化經營之戰》、《全球趨勢資訊圖集:5大面向、160張精緻彩圖,掌握當代必備世界觀》、《跌落神壇的金融天才:史上最大對沖基金LTCM興衰啟示錄》、《最有梗的桂冠:搞笑諾貝爾獎》、《特斯拉:點亮現代世界的傳奇》、《落腳矽谷:一位創業家的貼身觀察》、《漫步自由市場》,以及《THE BEATLES:披頭四:唯一正式授權傳記》等書。負責翻譯本書第一、二、四章。
張瓊懿
德州農工大學醫學生理學博士,喜歡藉閱讀來開拓視野,更樂於與人分享所聞、所學,因而熱衷翻譯。譯作有《心流:高手都在研究的最優體驗心理學》、《大疫時代必修的生命教育》、《大腦韌性》、《我發瘋的那段日子》、《美國福爾摩斯:海因里希與催生鑑識科學的經典案件》、《強菌天敵:一個打敗致命超級細菌的真實故事》、《生命的關鍵決定:從醫生決定到病人決定的時代》與《不願面對的真相》等書,並擔任《BBC知識》雜誌的譯者。負責翻譯本書第三、七、八、九章。
甘錫安
由科學界踏入「譯界」,現為專職譯者。曾擔任Discovery頻道與資訊雜誌編譯,現仍為《科學人》與《BBC知識》等雜誌翻譯。書籍譯作包括《決斷的演算:預測、分析與好決定的11堂邏輯課》、《暗池:人工智慧如何顛覆股市生態》、《成分迷思:解讀健康新聞的10堂通識課》、《因果革命:人工智慧的大未來》與《別理假訊息,擁抱真科學》等書。住在有山有海有美食的台灣頭基隆,熱愛吸收各類知識,正努力朝「全方位譯人」的目標邁進。負責翻譯本書第五、六章。
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A familiar story, just with…..less.
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So, as other reviewers make clear, this is very similar to Pack Darling and The Beta. It’s much closer aligned with The Beta, in plot and maybe more like Pack Darling with characters.
That being said, I don’t hate this…..but it wasn’t great either. It’s both books mentioned but just….less. Less angst, less emotion, less feeling. The plot feels very half fleshed out, and the “bad guy” feels underwhelming. I didn’t really feel any real emotions from and of the male leads, except maybe Oliver. The others fell sorta flat for me. And Mika makes herself out to be this big bad ass straight outta training and then we never see it from here again with the one fitting room incident as the exception.
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The whole, “Oh, I’m actually probably an Omega, but I don’t wanna be but I do actually wanna be but no one can ever know my secret that I do nothing to hide “ thing fell so flat. She never commutes to believing she was secretly an omega, but also mentions her “secret” a lot. It just felt so manufactured.
I’m intrigued enough to read part 2 and see how the author closes everything out, but this is not one I’ll recommend or ever come back to.
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A good read
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A good read, just fluffy cuteness, no antagonism. I like all the characters. It could have used another round of editing however, glanfds being one error that cracked me up, and my personal pet peeve was that the author kept using the word fill instead of feel, which I promise you are not interchangeable haha, but it's definitely better than the majority of books I read on here mistake-wise.
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★★★★★ 4
amazing
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Knot the Bride was a fantastic read! The characters were all amazing and well-developed. It was easy to like them all. Sophia, Luca, Nick, and Gavin were all perfect for each other. It was such a charming story that had me hooked the entire time. I did wish there were POVs from Luca, Nick, and Gavin but it was still an amazing book without it.
I am excited to read the next book in the Willowside Omegaverse series! This is definitely a must-read for fans of omegaverse romance!.
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This book wasn't bad, but wasn't my cup of tea. It's highly disappointing because the storyline is so original. There is no real conflict or resolution, so the entire thing feels flat.
As a lover of omegaverse books, I know there is a ton of variety out there, and ov is really up to the author. But this one is weird. Omegas have multiple scent glands all over their bodies and go into week long heats every month. Alphas have knots in the middle of their shaft instead of the base, and the knot doesn't always swell, no explanation of when or why. It doesn't engage at all when the mouth is in play.
I also didn't enjoy the author's writing style. Each paragraph is only 1 or 2 sentences long, and the entire book reads very stacato. The conversations are stiff and unnatural feeling. Everything is very repetitive, both in word choice and in thought. The same thing is repeated 3 or 4 times over a single page, multiple times over. I ended up doing so much skimming.
The first 50% of the book is all slow burn, and the last 50% is almost straight mediocre spice. This wouldn't have been all bad if the grammar and spelling errors didn't start at the exact same time. Tongue is repeatedly misspelled in the middle of the spice.
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This is the true definition of Cozy Omegaverse. LA wedding coordinator meets her pack at the location for a couple’s destination wedding. Low angst because they are scent matched high heat with heats and knots. Everything you love about this genre with very little anxiety. Simply a fun experience to read and a book I will comeback to when I’m in a slump. I simply love reading this book
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