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The science behind a good meals: all the may seem, sights, and tastes that make us like what we're eating - and want to consume more. Why do we eat 35 percent more food when eating with one other person, and 75 percent more when eating with three? Just how do we explain the fact that people who like strong caffeine drink more of computer under bright lamps? And why will green ketchup not work? The answer is gastrophysics, the new region of sensory science pioneered by Oxford professor Charles Spence. Now he's stepping out of his laboratory to lift the cover on the complete eating experience - the way the preference, the aroma, and our overall excitement of food are inspired by all of our senses, as well as by our mood and expectations. The pleasures of food lay mostly in the mind, not in the oral cavity. Get that upright and you will start to know very well what really makes food exciting, stimulating, and, most important, memorable. Spence shows in amusing detail the importance of all "off the plate" components of meals: the weight of cutlery, the color of the plate, the background music, and much more. Whether we're eating only or at a social gathering, on a plane or before it, he shows how to comprehend what we're tasting and influence what others experience. That is accessible science at its best, exciting to anyone in possession of an cravings. Filled with discoveries about our daily sensory lives, Gastrophysics is a booklet guaranteed to make you check out your plate in a whole new way.
