By: Tom Nealon

A sort of Proustian sleight of hand…

By: Tom Nealon

My Platonic ideal of a nacho…

By: Tom Nealon

Employed as a salty, umami addition for millennia.

By: Tom Nealon

I need hot viscous on my biscuits / That spicy ooze on my foods.

By: Tom Nealon

A little mean, a little unpredictable, just a little bit deranged…

By: Tom Nealon

Here in the US, we mistakenly think of umami as a single quality…

By: Tom Nealon

All the nutrition of beef in a teeny little jar.

By: Tom Nealon

A manifestation of a place, an album in salt and leaves.

By: Tom Nealon

A condiment for the industrial age.

By: Tom Nealon

Underneath its many varieties, there is just the one ketchup.

By: Tom Nealon

It was discovered over and over again.

By: Tom Nealon

Bespoke condiment culture is ruining everything.

By: Tom Nealon

Umami is the savory opium of the people.