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Aug 4 2011: Does taste matter? Isn't nutrition more important? If taste does matter, how much is it worth? How much would you pay for taste alone? [view in context] 6039
Aug 4 2011: RT @jessmar100: @BadDalaiLama SUGAR ! extra sugar 6040
Aug 4 2011: Taste is valuable only to the extent that it leads you to good nutrition. That is its original and authentic purpose. 6041
Aug 4 2011: People who dedicate themselves to taste—in any domain—lead very shallow lives. 6042
Aug 4 2011: Taste is impossible to quantify, so people look to others to tell them how much it is worth. 6043
Aug 4 2011: People evaluate taste based partly on appearance and cost—things that never directly strike the taste buds. 6044
Aug 4 2011: Caviar is very expensive, so people assume the taste is exquisite, but if it were free and plentiful, would anyone be drawn to it? 6045
Aug 4 2011: Celebrity chefs are essentially bullshit artists with food instead of words. 6046
Aug 4 2011: Without a doubt, some things taste good. When you try them for the first time, you say, "Wow!" and want to try them again. 6047
Aug 4 2011: All tastes fade with repetition. You can eat the same thing in the same way, but you'll never regain the same high as the first time. 6048
Aug 4 2011: The first bite tastes great! The second is good. The third is okay. By the fourth or fifth, even the greatest thrill is routine and boring. 6049
Aug 4 2011: Taste varies according to your nutritional needs at the moment. At times you hanker for different things, so no taste is ever the same. 6050
Aug 4 2011: "Taste constancy" is the illusion that the same thing must taste the same every time you eat it, but that's not what your nerves register. 6051
Aug 4 2011: Your favorite food, on different occasions, I'd going to taste different, even become unappealing at times. This is normal. 6052
Aug 4 2011: Even the most appealing food on the planet is going to start tasting gross when you eat too much of it. This is nature's stopping mechanism. 6053
Aug 4 2011: Taste is a guide to nutrition, but not always an accurate one. Our ancient hankering for sugar, salt and fat has departed from modern needs. 6054
Aug 4 2011: Junk food has appeal only on the first few bites. After that, taste recoils and tells you to stop—if only you would listen! 6055
Aug 4 2011: Taste doesn't encourage you to eat the whole bag of chips. By the end of the bag, they taste awful, but you pay no heed. 6056
Aug 4 2011: Compulsive eating is not a taste problem. Taste is telling you to stop by taking the joy away, but you keeping eating anyway. 6057
Aug 4 2011: Compulsive eating is equivalent to an addict's attempt to regain an earlier high. You keep upping the dose but the feeling never comes back. 6058
Aug 4 2011: Taste is wise if you listen to it. As soon as food stops tasting good, you should stop eating. Throw the stuff away! 6059
Aug 4 2011: Eating after taste has faded is a form of compulsive hoarding. You're trying to sock it away for lean times that will never come. 6060
Aug 4 2011: Taste is an illusion. It is the promise of something that can never really be achieved. 6061
Aug 5 2011: #### END of live-tweeted essay: "Taste" 6062
Aug 5 2011: RT @ChefTariqHanna: @BadDalaiLama Black truffles is all I have to say. 6063
Aug 5 2011: RT @ChefTuariqHanna Black truffles is all I have to say. [view in context]
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