Reviews for The Fifth Taste : Cooking with Umami

The average rating for The Fifth Taste : Cooking with Umami based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-02-06 00:00:00 Loree Klundt 3.5 - most of the recipes i could go do without, generally (maybe there was just too much meat and fish happening there for me to get excited about), but i enjoyed the intro to umami section at the beginning, especially the little side bars-- talking about the science and history of umami, as well as fun taste experiments (one involving jelly beans!). that was the best part of the whole book. also, the food styling and photography felt pretty dated, which surprised me.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-07-04 00:00:00 Ned Kozlowski The history of umami was decent, but the recipes looked pretty bland -- ironically, since they had lots of umami!