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Different Tastes

By Stuart Buck, Esq.

I love cilantro. I've even grown it at home. But some people hate it with a passion. Conversely, I understand (in a purely intellectual sense) that there are actually people in the world who like olives, but the smell and taste of olives is repulsive and nauseating to me. Apparently there's at least some evidence that the taste for cilantro is affected by genetics, but I wonder what functionality there is for genes that switch on a heartfelt aversion to completely harmless foods.

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on February 20, 2009 (boomark / email).