My husband has a salt phobia. Like sugar...society has a phobia of salt because restaurant and processed foods are SO overly salted and the salt used is cheap, unhealthy table salt. That said, mineral salt...like the other 5 tastes/rasas has its place in our diet (in moderation). SALTY taste stimulates secretions. It is a [...]
I always took sour taste for granted. I guess I didn’t really care for it much and so I barely used it in my cooking. It’s valuable to incorporate all 6 tastes into our diet. Not only does it make food taste better, it also creates more balance in many aspects of our [...]
Every food we consume has multiple tastes and qualities which encompass medicinal value. Our taste buds are trained to recognize whether or not we enjoy the flavor of a food when it enters our mouth. Western food philosophy has taught us to count calories and look at the fat, carbohydrate and protein content [...]
