taste buds
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They can help your gut, your blood pressure, your cholesterol—and your taste buds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 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
After a long winter of braises and browns, this dish felt familiar yet surprising: comforting, beige at its base, but with a spark that made my sleepy taste buds sit up.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2025
As it breaks down, it feels as if it’s burrowing into your taste buds, the weighty flavor of the bar pulsating long after it is gone.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025
“My taste buds are neutral territory, I swear.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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