Tracey’s Reviews > The Missing Ingredient: The Curious Role of Time in Food and Flavour > Status Update

I wasn't thinking about how interesting this book is going to be in terms of my current situation. Here is an exploration of how taste is sensed and transmitted to the brain - an ability that is sadly banjaxed in me these days due to chemo. Of the five basic tastes, salty is completely missing from my palate (ramen tastes like nothing); a great deal of sweet is tainted; the others are variable.