Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-338).
Formatted Contents Note:
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Introduction; 1 Nose Job: Tasting has little to do with taste; 2 I'll Have the Putrescine: Your pet is not like you; 3 Liver and Opinions: Why we eat what we eat and despise the rest; 4 The Longest Meal: Can thorough chewing lower the national debt?; 5 Hard to Stomach: The acid relationship of William Beaumont and Alexis St Martin; 6 Spit Gets a Polish: Someone ought to bottle the stuff; 7 A Bolus of Cherries: Life at the oral processing lab; 8 Big Gulp: How to survive being swallowed alive.