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Definition: Umami
Umami
Discovered 100 years ago by a Japanese scientist, umami is believed to be a fifth taste sensation. The four basic tastes are sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Umami is considered to be savory.
Happy Hour: Vodka Tan Mash Up
A few weekends ago I found myself at the Union Street Festival with Dear, Yum, and Geek. We started off at Umami, a sushi restaurant where Dear is friends with the bartender. As a favor to us, she had him make his specialty: a vodka tangerine mash up.
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Taste Test: La Famiglia DelGrosso Pasta Sauce
Since it's easy to prepare and so versatile, I cook pasta at least once a week. Lately, I've been experimenting with various sauces and pasta shapes to see how the factors make a difference in taste, so I gave La Famiglia DelGrosso a try.
I sampled three of eight different sauces, all of which have kitschy titles named after family members.
Fast & Easy Dinner: Triple Tomato Soup
If you're desperately missing tomatoes but are mindful of seasonality, this soup is the answer to your dilemma. The savory, umami flavor of tomato is here in full force, but this slurper doesn't require any fresh tomato produce. By adding toast points and shaved asiago cheese, you can turn this into a meal, and if you just can't live without meat, top it with crispy, fried pieces of prosciutto.
Calcium = The Sixth Taste?
Scientists in Philadelphia have discovered that mice can taste calcium. Since humans and rodents share many of the same genes, the human tongue should taste calcium as well. For centuries the four basic tastes were sweet, sour, bitter, and salty.
Talking With the Great Thomas Keller
Last week the world-renowned, award-winning chef Thomas Keller left his Napa Valley restaurant, The French Laundry, to speak at a panel discussion in San Francisco. The symposium celebrated the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of the fifth taste, umami. After the day-long event, Keller took some time out to speak with us.
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