Yi Zhou

Tag: food

  • Seeing how information flows through the interaction between taste and sound

    We naturally reach for seasonings when a dish tastes too salty or too bland. Sonic seasoning proposes something different: shifting how we perceive food through sound, without altering a single ingredient. The proper sound in the right context, can make certain taste more pronounced, the sour taste sourer, the sweet taste sweeter. It may sound…

  • The language power: Do you taste what you say you taste?

    How do you describe the flavor of a wine? You may hear or use words like ‘honey’, ‘blackberry’, or ‘straw’. But have you ever stopped to ask why those particular words come to mind? At a typical wine tasting, the host usually offers at least a brief description of the aromas and flavors in the…