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Thinking About Sniffing
A universal truth that keeps popping up in my search of the literature is that nothing is as simple as it seems. A sniff seems just a simple movement of air, but it’s actually way more than that: it’s a psychomotor event. One crucial function is to synchronize the olfactory receptor cells with the olfactory bulb and other smell-related brain regions, especially the primary olfactory processing center, the piriform cortex. This allows different regions to communicate with each other…
A universal truth that keeps popping up in my search of the literature is that nothing is as simple as it seems. A sniff seems just a simple movement of air, but it’s actually way more than that: it’s a psychomotor event. One crucial function is to synchronize the olfactory receptor cells with the olfactory bulb and other smell-related brain regions, especially the primary olfactory processing center, the piriform cortex. This allows different regions to communicate with each other…
A Tonic for Our Times
“Tonic” refers to quinine, which is used today as an…
Building a Complicated Beer: Fernetic
We were fortunate to have a man named Edoarda Branca…
New Labels for My Brazilian Friend, Marcelo
I recently completed a months-long project to create labels for…
Mexican Slow Beer in Italy
I was delighted to receive an invitation to present at…
Prize-winning Porchetta
This is the Italian dish, most famous in Emilglia-Romana, featuring…
Food and Beer Pairing Worksheet
I presented at the recent AHA conference in Baltimore along…
Printmaking Under the Influence
5 Rabbit Cervecería was asked to participate in a 2016…
The Thrill of Exotic Wood
My friend Marcelo from Brazil was in town yesterday and…
Reading with a Side of Beer
Sometimes you find the most wonderful treasures in the most…