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Delicious
The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us HumanBy Rob Dunn, Monica SanchezNarrated by Russell Bentley
Length8h 3m
About this audiobook
This delightful audiobook narrated by Russell Bentley offers a savory account of how
the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution
Nature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavor. But what exactly are flavors? Why are some so pleasing while others are not?
Delicious is a supremely entertaining foray into the heart of such questions.
With generous helpings of warmth and wit, Rob Dunn and Monica Sanchez offer bold new perspectives on why food is enjoyable and how the pursuit of delicious flavors has guided the course of human history. They consider the role that flavor may have played in the invention of the first tools, the extinction of giant mammals, the evolution of the world's most delicious and fatty fruits, the creation of beer, and our own sociality. Along the way, you will learn about the taste receptors you didn't even know you had, the best way to ferment a mastodon, the relationship between Paleolithic art and cheese, and much more.
Blending irresistible storytelling with the latest science,
Delicious is a deep history of flavor that will transform the way you think about human evolution and the gustatory pleasures of the foods we eat.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature, Technology
Length8 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byRussell Bentley
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMar 23, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Anno, Prologue: Eco-Evolutionary Gastronomy
6Chapter 5 - Forbidden Fruits
2Chapter 1 - Tongue-Tied
7Chapter 6 - On the Origin of Spices
3Chapter 2 - The Flavor-Seekers
8Chapter 7 - Cheesy Horse and Sour Beer
4Chapter 3 - A Nose for Flavor
9Chapter 8 - The Art of Cheese
5Chapter 4 - Culinary Extinction
10Chapter 9 - Dinner Makes Us Human, Closing Anno
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