Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Sam Van Zweden Eating with My Mouth Open
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'I grew up thinking there were seven fundamental flavours: suān, tián, kǔ, là, xián, xiān, má. The first five translate easily – sour, sweet, bitter, hot, salty – but the other two don’t own a home on the English tongue. It was a shock to realise that something as material as flavour could be coloured and even erased by language.' (Introduction)

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