Apartment Therapy Tagged: taste

Weekend Meditation: Remembering to Taste

Eating is such a full-on sensory experience: taste, yes, but also smell and mouth-feel (texture) and even sound (the crunch of an apple, the slurp of soup.) And we all know the saying that we taste ...

The Taste of Summer: What Says "Summer" to You?

The first strawberries? A simple gin and tonic on the porch? Clambakes on the beach? What is the one food that for you signals that summer has officially arrived?...

Word of Mouth: Mouthfeel

Mouthfeel, noun: The physical sensation of food in the mouth. This has always struck us as a rather odd and inelegant word. Drop it in conversation among non-foodies, and you're likely to get a lot o...

Good Quote: On Tasting Everything

In the introduction to his book, 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World, Gary Vaynerchuk gives one of the most compelling arguments on taste that we've heard: The ...

Cooking Without Recipes: Understanding Flavor

When something tastes fantastic, it literally sings in our mouths. And when something doesn't taste quite right, we know that too--even if we can't always put our finger on what's off or how we can fi...

Weekend Cooking: On Tasting While Cooking

Do you taste your food while cooking? Or do you wait until the end and hope for the best? Tasting food during cooking might be second nature to some of us, but maybe not for all. Getting to know your...