taste buds
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Kim White, Levon’s mother, said she didn’t try sushi until she was an adult, and is amazed by her kids’ taste buds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
“We try to have our tastings at 11 in the morning because there’s a science where you need to be needing lunch—your taste buds need to be ready to eat,” Hernandez said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
The kind that makes your mouth pucker and your tongue go numb from all the acids decimating your taste buds.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2025
“If you do it incrementally, you actually can train your taste buds to prefer a whole different suite of foods,” Katz said.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024
He has painted my tongue blue so that we can easily count the number of whitish taste buds inside the circle of the reinforcement.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
