Why taste matters and how to develop it.
Confessions of a professional taster: How one woman discovers problems in food factories, one bite at a time
Elspeth Copeland in a professional taster in high demand among major food companies in Canada and the U.S., because she can identify what’s going wrong in their factory, or their supply chain, or their formula, just by trying the product.
Agentic Taste Modeling | lab notes #8
We built a forecasting benchmark to test how well agents predict what you like.
Taste Is All That's Left | Blog
On what is left to do once the machine can make anything, and why taste is the last craft worth keeping.
The McDonaldization of Taste | KQED
Which came first, the Big Mac or a consumer culture built on the need for immediate gratification in super sizes? In How We Eat: Appetite, Culture, and Psychology of Food, Leon Rappoport unveils social, psychological, spiritual, and political motivations for eating behavior. He initially became interested in the topic when he was learning the practices
Taste
On subjectivity, gatekeeping, and the risk of leaving design industry terms like taste undefined.
The art of simple food : notes, lessons, and recipes from a delicious revolution
ix, 405 p. : 25 cm; Here you will find Alice's philosophy on everything from stocking your kitchen, to mastering fundamentals and preparing delicious, seasonal inspired meals all year long. Always true to her philosophy that a perfect meal is one that's balanced in texture, color, and flavor, Waters helps us embrace the seasons' bounty and make the best choices when selecting ingredients.--From publisher's description; Subtitle from cover; Includes index
Lebkov & Sons, good food
Mr. Lebkov loves specialty coffee & healthy delights - or 'good food' as he simply puts it. He wants to spread homemade goodness today and tomorrow.
Manifesto-lite: On Decoupling Canadian Taste (and Geese, I guess)
A newsletter just feels like shouting into the void, but as an artist, I am “supposed” to have one.
Expecting researcher taste and judgement to become increasingly valuable (this is from Anthropic's Opus 5.5 system card) anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5-system-card
