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Sumptuous, sensual and impossibly handsome, at first glance French-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung’s lavish foodie romance The Taste of Things looks like just another decorous prestige period drama. But in its elegantly restrained way, Tran’s film, which is set almost entirely in the kitchen, grounds and dining room of the country chateau of famed gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) in 1880s France, is every bit as radical and risk-taking as some of the showier, quirkier awards contenders this year (it was France’s…

Researchers have uncovered significant diversity in the TAS1R gene family, responsible for taste perception in vertebrates. This discovery, derived from a genome-wide survey, sheds light on the evolutionary history of taste receptors and has potential applications in developing specialized foods for various animal species.A genome-wide survey has uncovered substantial diversity in the evolution of taste receptors across vertebrates.Taste perception is a critical sense, playing a key role in distinguishing nourishing foods…

A study by Penn State reveals that using oat flour in chocolate can reduce added sugar by 25% without affecting its taste or texture, offering a healthier alternative that maintains consumer preference.Penn State researchers have discovered that the key to creating tasty chocolate with reduced sugar content lies in using oat flour, a recent study reveals.In a blind taste test, recently published in the Journal of Food Science, 25% reduced-sugar chocolates made with oat flour were rated equally, and in some cases…

At 4 months, the development of a baby’s brain might create instability in their sleep, resulting in fussiness, multiple night wakings, less napping, and appetite changes.There is no single solution to fix these problems, and caregivers are encouraged to remember that sleep regressions are normal and, most importantly, temporary.However, after Reddit user Adorable_Banana_7262‘s daughter started experiencing these disruptions, her husband failed to realize the toll they were taking on his wife as well. One time, he even…

An old Hollywood adage warns novice directors away from working with children, animals or water; a worthy addition to this list would be food, an equally uncooperative quantity in the film-making process.It’s easy enough to gussy up a roast chicken with hairspray for that perfectly basted sheen, or to blow cigarette smoke over it as a dupe for steam straight from the oven. But to portray the action of cooking, as the Cannes prize-winner Trần Anh Hùng does in the bravura opening scene of his new film The Taste of Things,…

In recent days, Americans have been treated to a slew of curious incidents. Sporting funky headsets, commuters on the New York subway have been grabbing, pinching and tweaking the air while others have been spotted reading out lunch orders from apps floating digitally in their line of vision. Police, meanwhile, have hauled away drivers with headsets on while their cars run on autopilot. Every twist and turn in this futuristic saga is being captured on viral social media posts since the mixed-reality headset from Apple…

By Lindsey Bahr | Associated Press ” The Taste of Things ” should come with a warning: Audiences may be tempted to abandon work as they know it and start a beautiful, calm new life in the French countryside devoted to the culinary arts. There is something rather cruel about releasing a film this lovely and voyeuristic in the dead of February, in which the cinematic gardens are lush, the game is fresh, the atmosphere is tranquil, the distractions are non-existent, the conversations are intellectual and the goal is shared.…

The current menu for film and TV stories about cuisine is all conflict and crisis – kitchens as battlefields, dishes forged in the white-hot skillet of raging tempers. But new French film The Taste of Things couldn’t be further from The Bear or Boiling Point. A controlled simmer is more the temperature of this piece by Vietnamese-born director Tran Anh Hung – the most rapturous hymn to culinary art since such beloved gourmet outings as Babette’s Feast or Eat Drink Man Woman.Set in the 1880s, the film – which won Tran the…

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Emma Stone recently shared her long-held dream of appearing as a contestant on Jeopardy!. But as she confirmed during an appearance on The Late Show, not Celebrity Jeopardy!. “I don’t want to do Celebrity Jeopardy!,” Stone told host Stephen Colbert when asked why she didn’t just sign on for the special edition of the game show. He replied that she is, in fact, a celebrity so any episode she appears on would be Celebrity Jeopardy!. “No, that’s not true,” Stone said. “If you know that you applied, you took the…