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Making Sense: The Umami Mama

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Umami Mamma - The Science Behind the Taste

The science behind how things taste has been an organizing principle in my life. But i've never met any one as devoted to the of a single taste as kumiko ninmia. Umami is rich, it's deep and builds over time. In some ways, umami is taste of cooking itself. It's the taste of proteins blasted apart through heat or fermentation. And that the heart of umami is one of those protein pieces, glutomate.

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