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March 5, 2015 | 11:30 am

Taste that hue: synaesthetic eats

Posted by Barbara Kiser | Categories: Molecular gastronomy, Psychology

Sweet, sour, salty, bitter: but which is which?

Four egg yolk-sized orbs sit on my plate, cradled by translucent spoons. Each sphere is a different colour: red, green, black, white. The server explains that each represents one of the four tastes, salty, sour, sweet and bitter. But which colour goes with which taste?  Read more

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