Healthy Ways to Make Food Taste Better

Ever wonder why coffee tastes good hot or cold but awful at room temperature? Or why ice cream is delicious frozen, and even better as soft serve, but just too sweet when soupy? Research suggests temperature can intensify sour, bitter and sharp tastes. Researchers found sharp and sour flavors grew stronger in warmer temperatures — and the opposite was true for bitterness. In a similar study, researchers found cheddar cheese tasted more sour as it became warmer. By heating certain foods, rather than, say, eating the leftovers straight from the fridge, you may be intensifying certain flavors and subduing others.