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Mystery of the Senses—Taste
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Program Overview
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Why do some people crave chocolate? Why does music make some people
cry at the movies? How did kissing begin? Mystery of the Senses, a
five-part NOVA special airing over four consecutive nights, seeks
answers to these and other questions as it explores the complexities
of smell, taste, touch, hearing, and vision. In this exploration,
series host and naturalist Diane Ackerman travels around the world
to investigate the science, history, and cultural values that
influence our senses.
Eating sustains life. However, our tongues also enable us to taste
foods, so we eat the foods we like; and our cultures assign values
to foods, so we often eat as part of a ritual. In this episode,
series host and naturalist Diane Ackerman explores the biology and
the rituals of taste around the world. In France, a master chef
divulges his secrets; in Mexico, a family prepares a meal for the
Day of the Dead; in a Japanese restaurant, Ackerman looks into why
some people consider potentially poisonous fish to be a delicacy;
and in Connecticut, a scientist maps our taste buds.
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