Interacting with our food goes far beyond just tasting it. A typical trip to the grocery store can involve smelling and feeling your produce, giving it a tap to see how it sounds, and taking a good look at it before you add it to your shopping cart. This week...

A conversation with Sybil Kapoor. UK food writer Sybil Kapoor’s recently released book, “Sight Smell Touch Taste Sound”, builds on “Taste”, published 16 years ago. In both, she presents cooking as a sensory practice, one that does not require great skill, knowledge, or willingness to follow a recipe...Only a willingness...

How does our brain understand food through texture, density, and temperature? HRN's resident food science expert Meradith Hoddinott explains the relationship between food and touch in this special segment. Learn how the weight of tableware alters our perceptions of a food's richness. How does the melting point of food change...