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269: George Saunders & Gary Shteyngart

This Is TASTE

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Exploring the Senses: Past and Present

The chapter discusses the concept of imagining and understanding the past through sensory experiences, such as taste and smell. They speculate on the differences in food and smells between past and present, and how someone from the past would react to modern food. They also touch on the disappearance of certain smells and experiences, toxic products in the past, and fascination with food culture in the present.

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