Are You A Supertaster?

Guardian Weekend – Part of a series of 6 articles on taste and cooking with co-author Peter Barham Around a quarter of the population are supertasters – people who are extra-sensitive to bitter tastes in food. Of the supertasters, two-thirds are women....

With a Pinch of Salt

Guardian Weekend – Part of a series of 6 articles on taste and cooking with co-author Peter Barham The idea of adding a pinch of salt to enhance the flavour of food is a fairly recent one. Our ancestors didn’t go for such subtleties. When they put salt in...