Try a recipe or two and listen to some great music.
Experimental psychologist Charles Spence and researchers at the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at the University of Oxford found there may be clear associations between taste and pitch. Their research has suggested there may be implicit associations between taste and pitch. High pitched sounds are mainly associated with sweet and sour tasting foods while low pitched notes are more commonly paired with more bitter and umami tastes.
Start here with just a small sampling, feel free to take a deeper dive and find a pairing that takes you on a journey of discovery.
After TikTok pushed ElyOtto’s brilliant, bonkers “SugarCrash!” into viral hit territory, the rising hyperpop talent teamed up with dance-pop princess Kim Petras and Curtis Waters (the man behind the groovy “Stunnin'”) for a victory lap…
The indie queen of streaming really just needed one song to put her over the top as an alt-rock star, and with “Serotonin,” the artist born Marie Ulven might’ve finally nailed the chemical formula. The If I Could Make It Go Quiet single…
Mykki Blanco brings a winning, boisterous attitude to “Free Ride,” which clips along like a car rolling down the open highway on a warm, traffic-free day. “What I wouldn’t do for love?” asks a voice in the background as trap beats skitter…
Although he’s only been in the spotlight for a few years, Lil Nas X has already mastered the balancing act between the groundbreaking and the straightforward: in 2019, he scored a record-setting No. 1 smash thanks to a deceptively simple…
On the latest single from the Cheap Queen herself (King Princess’ debut full-length of the same name arrived in 2019), the artist uses her at-times-misleading passion to power her delivery. She sings of being in the palm of another’s hand,…
For many years the archetype of the “strong Black woman” has been used to both champion and burden women of color. The idea that Black women are resilient has resulted in more being expected of them with less help being offered. Joy…
Released as the first single from Brockhampton’s latest album Roadrunner, the Danny Brown-assisted track traces Kevin Abstract’s struggle to make it from Corpus Christi to Hollywood considering all the roadblocks that could’ve set him back…
At the turn of the millennium, there was no sound more chilling in pop music than a distorted Kelis bellowing “I HATE! YOU! SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!” at a soon-to-be-ex on her breakout hit “Caught Out There.” A little over two decades later,…
A vivid portrait of crippling depression built around days of skipped meals, Twin Peaks marathons and far too much drinking, “Hurt” should feel like the end of the world. But this isn’t Trent Reznor or Johnny Cash singing — and in the…
In August 2013, Sia tweeted: “I’m queer. I don’t really identify as a lesbian because I’ve dated predominantly men. But I’ve certainly dated women,” putting those rumors to rest and basking in the adoration of fans in the LGBTQ community…
If any show tune’s making this list, let it be a Hedwig original. Centering on a transgender rock singer from Berlin, the iconic Broadway musical and film took shape in New York City drag club SqueezeBox!, where Mitchell first conceived of…
Groove is in the Heart. Expertly layering one funky sample after another, the psychedelic, pansexual trio of Deee-Lite – fronted by a drag-inspired Lady Miss Kier – introduced a vibrant queer club-kid energy and aesthetic to the masses…
“In terms of my work, I’ve never been reticent in terms of defining my sexuality. I write about my life,” he told CNN in his 1998 coming-out interview. And while later music would directly address his sexuality and his relationships…
A Little Respect, Much of Erasure’s discography embodies not precisely celebratory gay pride but gay romantic reality – a frankness about the emotional, if not overtly sexual, lives of gay men toward the end of the 20th century. So when…
Elton's Song, An overlooked one-off from 1981’s The Fox, when Elton was still fumbling through the darkest, most confused period of his career. It’s a quiet piano ballad about growing up gay. The lyrics come from the out-and-proud British…
Although it seems most of Queen’s fans were clueless as to how openly gay and subversive frontman Freddie Mercury was – despite the unabashed swank of his stage presence – he also never really tried to hide it. Queen were on a pretty…
With all due respect to Prince, Sylvester may have had the most pristine, expressive falsetto in modern popular music. Somewhat reductively called the “Queen of Disco,” the virtuosic, openly gay singer approached gender (in his…
In Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen, chef Zoe Adjonyoh showcases contemporary African recipes that celebrate her story of having a Ghanaian father and Irish mother. The easy, adaptable recipes are exciting and unique. Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen is an…
Von Diaz shares her deeply personal story of family and food, resulting in one of the best-ever memoirs with recipes. Through her recipes, Diaz celebrates a cuisine that is not strictly Puerto Rican or Southern, but one that reflects her…
