| Introduction: Tasting it All | ix |
| Part 1 | What is Taste? | 1 |
| Chapter 1 | This Is Your Brain on Flavor | 3 |
| Chapter 2 | A Matter of Individual Taste | 14 |
| Chapter 3 | The Flavor of a Dining Room | 33 |
| Part 2 | How to Taste | 53 |
| Chapter 4 | The Tasting Method | 55 |
| Set(ting) | 58 |
| See | 69 |
| Sniff | 71 |
| Swirl/Snap | 81 |
| Sip/Sample | 86 |
| Spit/Swallow | 92 |
| Sit and Synthesize | 94 |
| Chapter 5 | Collecting Flavors, References, and Reflexes | 99 |
| Chapter 6 | Blinded by the Sight | 125 |
| Part 3 | Using Your Tasting SKills | 143 |
| Chapter 7 | Critics, Judges, Awards, and Grades | 145 |
| Chapter 8 | One Plus One Makes Seven | 159 |
| Chapter 9 | A Poet of the Palate | 180 |
| Part 4 | Tasting Life | 203 |
| Chapter 10 | Travel Like a Taster | 205 |
| Chapter 11 | What Tasters Know | 218 |
| Chapter 12 | Tastes to Last a Lifetime | 230 |
| A Final Note: We Are What We Taste | 242 |
| Acknowledgments | 247 |
| Selected References | 249 |
| Index | 257 |