Tag: Ole Mouritsen

May 23, 2014

Umami Has Come to Stay

We conclude our week-long feature on Umami: Unlocking the Secrets of the Fifth Taste by Ole Mouritsen and Klavs Styrbaek with the authors’ discussion of the importance of umami for the way we think about food and diet: “We consider...

May 22, 2014

Umami and the Art of Killing a Fish

The following excerpt is from Umami: Unlocking the Secrets of the Fifth Taste by Ole G. Mouritsen and Klavs Styrbaek: Ikijime, which means to terminate while alive, is a 350 year old Japanese technique for killing fish. It has the...

May 21, 2014

Why Umami is Good For You and 12 Ways to Add it to Your Diet

In Umami: Unlocking the Secrets of the Fifth Taste, Ole Mouritsen and Klavs Styrbaek explain the health benefits of umami: Food with umami can often be prepared with significantly less salt, sugar, and fat without sacrificing the delicious taste of...

May 20, 2014

Interview with Ole Mouritsen, Coauthor of Umami: Unlocking the Secrets of the Fifth Taste

“Knowing about umami will not only help us to produce better-tasting meals but will greatly contribute to re-establishing a culture around the communal meals.”—Ole Mouritsen The following is an interview with Ole Mouritsen, co-author of Umami: Unlocking the Secrets of...

April 21, 2014

Upcoming Umami Events

Over the next week, Ole Mouritsen will be appearing coast-to-coast to talk about his new book: Umami: Unlocking the Secrets of the Fifth Taste. Below is a list of upcoming events for Umami, a book which Harold McGree calls “a...

April 1, 2014

Umami, Watchdogs, Blacklists, The Hockey Stick and More April Author Events

A variety of Columbia University Press will be traveling from coast to coast to talk about their books in April. Among them are Dean Starkman, who will be talking about his new book The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark: The Financial...