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Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern
Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to cou… Read More.
Question:
Can you help me understand umami better? When/how did it become a thing?
— Ellen Kumler
Answer:
So I think that the easiest way to explain umami is to say that, um, you know, it was discovered about 120 years ago in Japan. It's another word for savoriness or savory or delicious. So when you look at the other elements of, uh, of food flavors, uh, and you're thinking of sweet, sour, bitter, and, uh, salty, um, people add umami to that. You'll see it on a lot of cooking shows. Um, it's just another word to describe flavor, that's all. Uh, it, it goes much deeper than that. But, uh, it's the overall flavor and deliciousness of something that you make.
