The Flavor Brief A weekly letter about food, science, and why things taste the way they do Hi Reader Last week I had a little accident involving a bread knife, nine stitches, and a valuable lesson about washing sharp objects. The knife slipped, somersaulted through the air, and landed perfectly between my fingers like it had been practicing. I've been dictating this entire newsletter by voice, which has made me deeply, genuinely grateful for whoever invented voice-to-text. Anyway. While I was...