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

And a sun-choke sundae with truffle, salted caramel, and caviar sent my taste buds on a dramatic, escalating adventure.

From Salon • May 28, 2025

Either this girl had faulty taste buds or she really was an odd, evil scientist.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas