{"product_id":"the-taste-of-water-9780520393554","title":"The Taste of Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever wondered why your tap water tastes the way it does? The Taste of Water explores the increasing erasure of tastes from drinking water over the twentieth century. It asks how dramatic changes in municipal water treatment have altered consumers' awareness of the environment their water comes from. Through examining the development of sensory expertise in the United States and France, this unique history uncovers the foundational role of palatability in shaping Western water treatment processes. By focusing on the relationship between taste and the environment, Christy Spackman shows how efforts to erase unwanted tastes and smells have transformed water into a highly industrialized food product divorced from its origins. The Taste of Water invites readers to question their own assumptions about what water does and should naturally taste like while exposing them to the invisiblebut substantialsensory labor involved in creating tap water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. Industrial Terroir \u003cbr\u003e 2. Making Flavor Molecular \u003cbr\u003e 3. Future Sensing Bodies \u003cbr\u003e 4. Theaters of Taste from the Boardroom to the Street \u003cbr\u003e 5. Erasing Place: Industrial Terroir in the Twenty-First Century \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Flavor Stories \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index ","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402968605015,"sku":"9780520393554","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520393554.jpg?v=1730481991","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-taste-of-water-9780520393554","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}