History and geography explain the exotic flavor.
"We suggest that prenatal and early postnatal exposure predisposes the young infant to favorably respond to the now-familiar flavor," the researchers said, suggesting that the phenomenon could help explain how culture-specific flavor preferences are established early in life.
Flavor Of Love 3 ($34.98; Anchor Bay), depressingly, we'll have to explain to kids that Flavor Flav was once in an incredibly influential and serious rap group Public Enemy -- I doubt they'll believe us.
"My wife created the flavor for Halloween last year, he said, explaining that the flavor was expected to die out when the last of the batch was sold.
He once served her goat cheese with a glass of Bordeaux, explaining how the flavor of the cheese would be accentuated by the wine's acidity.
This hickory-smoked pork sausage ($4) is seasoned with onion, garlic and spices and isn't emulsified like many other brats, so "you get more meat flavor," explains Mike Sloan of the Missouri-based manufacturer Swiss Meat and Sausage Company.
"The whole process of making chocolate is to break down particle size and expose flavor," explains Trinidadian chocolate maker Matthew Escalante.
It's not unheard of today to find a chocolate maker who offers customers a flavor wheel to explain the tastes found in his truffles, a mixologist who trains her palate to recognize a "library" of ingredients, or a sommelier who describes a wine's flavor based on its underlying chemical compounds.
This is particularly necessary when testing polymorphisms that may explain minor effects in muscat flavor determination compared to the N284 mutation.
They can taste other flavors as well as adults can, especially sweet, bitter, and sour flavors (which might explain all the "baby tastes lemon" videos on YouTube), and maybe even better: some studies indicate that babies actually have more taste buds than adults do.
