Nose dive a field guide to the world's smells
"Smell is such a powerful and revealing sense because it detects actual little pieces of things in the world. It gives us direct evidence of what those things are made of-unlike the indirectness of vision or hearing, which register light waves and air movements. Those little pieces are volatile mole...
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New York :
Penguin Press,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: My first grouse
- Introduction: A sense for the essential
- Among the stars
- Earth, early life, stinking sulfur
- Starter set
- Animal bodies
- Animal signals
- The human animal
- Sweet smells of success
- Plant volatile families : green, fruity, flowery, spicy
- Moss, trees, grasses, weeds
- Flowers
- Edible greens and herbs
- Edible roots and seeds : staples and spices
- Fruits
- The land : soil, fungi, stone
- The waters : plankton, seaweeds, shellfish, fish
- After-life : smoke, asphalt, industry
- Fragrances
- Cooked foods
- Cured and fermented foods
- Conclusion: My second grouse.
