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The Art and Science of Taste: A Conference by Christophe Lavelle
Culture · Tuesday, November 17 · 19:00 · Paris
Bibliothèque Robert Sabatier, 29 rue Hermel
Free
Art and Science of Taste: a talk by Christophe Lavelle\nGood eating, what is it? Are we born a gastronome or do we become one? And where does the pleasure of being at the table come from? Two hundred years ago, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin set out to answer these questions and many others in his cult work 'Physiologie du goût', to which this conference pays homage in light of the latest advances in science.\n\nToday we know that taste results from a complex synthesis: appearance, color, smell, flavor, texture all contribute to the appreciation of dishes, themselves conditioned by our culture…
