Is your salad bitter? Do your harvested cucumbers taste off? Here's why your cucumbers may be bitter, from home or the store, ...

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While some of these tricks are more scientific than others, they're all worth a try. And remember: While the best cucumbers ...

Arugula serves up a peppery bite in salads, pastas, and everything in between, but it can also pack a bitter punch. Here's how to address that.

Your bitter taste receptors become less sensitive to moderate bitterness, making formerly challenging foods more enjoyable. Simultaneously, your sweet and salt receptors become more sensitive, ...

Why is my coffee so bitter? Only 10-15 percent of coffee's bitterness comes from caffeine. Indeed, if the bitterness of your coffee is unacceptable, the problem may well be low-grade beans or a ...

One key to animal survival is bitter taste -- -the better to avoid ingesting potentially harmful poisons or foods. The evolution of bitter taste has been a hot topic amongst evolutionary ...

The bitter taste of certain drugs is a barrier to taking some medications as prescribed, especially for people who are particularly sensitive to bitter taste. A team found that the diabetes drug ...

A genetic analysis of samples taken from a large UK health database suggest that people who are more sensitive than their peers to the bitter taste of caffeine tend to drink more coffee — not less.