Credit: Eric HuntI do love me some sprouts! Greens, bitters, strong flavors of all sorts. I've always been like this. Some of this is surely environment. My family comes from a part of South Asia known for its love of bracing and bold sensation. But perhaps I was born this way? There's a fair amount of evidence that taste has a substantial genetic component. This does not mean genes determine what one tastes, but it certainly opens the door for passive gene-environment correlations. If you do not find a flavor offensive, you are much more likely to explore it depths, and cultivate your palette.
Dost thou dare?Credit: W.A. DjatmikoAnd of course I'm not the only one with a deep interest in such questions. With the marginal income available to us many Americans have become "foodies," searching for flavor bursts and novelties which their ancestors might never have been able to ...
