Taste: A Book of Small Bites

Taste is a lyric meditation on one of our five senses, which we often take for granted. Structured as a series of "small bites," the book considers the ways that we ingest the world, how we come to know ourselves and others through the daily act of tasting.

Through flavorful explorations of the sweet, the sour, the salty, the bitter, and umami, Jehanne Dubrow reflects on the nature of taste. In a series of short, interdisciplinary essays, she blends personal experience with analysis of poetry, fiction, music, and the visual arts, as well as religious and philosophical texts. Dubrow considers the science of taste and how taste transforms from a physical sensation into a metaphor for discernment.

Taste is organized not so much as a linear dinner served in courses but as a meal consisting of meze, small plates of intensely flavored discourse.

Author: Jehanne Dubrow
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 08/23/2022
Series: No Limits
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780231201759


Award: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Honorable Mention