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Cocoa beans have been consumed for over 3,000 years. Chocolate production today is a complex process, as is the pleasurable experience of eating it.
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I eat, therefore I am!
04.05.2014
Francesco Panese
Babies develop a sense of self through their enjoyment of food.
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27.04.2014
Christoph Hartmann
It’s a scientific fact: a chocolate bar needs to have just the right shape for the flavour to be optimally released.
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Sebastian Dieguez
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Sensing what we eat
12.03.2014
Johannes Le Coutre
The body is capable of making nuanced distinctions between nutritious and harmful substances. Our taste receptors, located in different parts of the body, aren’t easy to fool.
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