taste
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Adding too much potassium salt can produce an unpleasant metallic taste, limiting how much can be used without affecting flavor.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Helplessness melts into righteous rage as you type some scathing retort, as loneliness gives way to the metallic taste of parasocial satisfaction as the likes and reposts flood in.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
Gluten-free Goldfish are slightly crispier than the traditional crackers, executives said, but otherwise the cheddar cheese and spice taste is the same.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The Tritons gave freshman Koston James his first taste of varsity action, but it was a tough game to come into as he finished 11-for-16 passing for 60 yards with two interceptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
His grandfather had said that unicorns had a taste for mint.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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The Fable’s crowd and the songs they choose are eclectic, spanning generations and musical tastes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Alice later believed that her parents, who had traditional tastes, “found it too avant-garde,” Ms. Ostler writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Algorithms were already predicting our tastes, needs and desires and serving us options before we asked for them.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Cells responsible for detecting salty and sour tastes use different signaling mechanisms that do not depend on PLCβ2, potentially allowing those sensations to remain intact even when other taste signals are disrupted.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The halwa tastes like caramel and coconut icing.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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Some rancid wine that tasted like "salty bin juice", according to comedian Joanne McNally, topped off possibly the most revolting task yet.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
But she had never tasted the traditional variety until she learned about the Dutch porridge-making contest and decided to enter as a "bit of a joke".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
If I ate a soup I liked out in the world, I’d jot down what was in it, what the broth tasted like, sometimes sketch the bowl.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
While they were at it, what about a pop that looked and tasted like a frosted rainbow cake?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
It tasted like summer, like fun, like innocence in the Rio Grande; so I swallowed, and the purity of it was divine.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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The 16-seat restaurant serves Japanese-inspired raw dishes as part of its nearly £500 a head 30-course tasting menu, and accused inspectors of not understanding its specialised procedures.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
A flat piece of fried dough typically topped with sour cream, garlic and grated cheese, ordinary lángos is best sampled at the city’s market halls, for 1/100th the price of Stand’s tasting menu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Among the one-star recipients is Arkhé in Norwood, which specialises in open-fire cooking, while Aptos in Adelaide serves a tasting menu focused on native Australian ingredients.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Barbera d'Asti, "traditionally dominated by notes of cherry and plum, is increasingly evolving toward more concentrated aromas of blackberry and blackcurrant", Garberoglio said after a tasting.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
She puckered her lips unpleasantly, as though tasting something sour.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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