The sensation of sweetness, once thought to arise primarily only from the tip of the tongue, is now recognized to be generated by receptors distributed equally over the tongue. Unlike certain other taste qualities, such as sour or salt, which can...

Used vocatively as an endearment in its own right, as the head word in a longer vocative expression such as ‘old sweet’ (used by a man to his mistress in The Philanderer, by Stanley Kauffman) or ‘dear sweet’ (used in An American...

After the sour comes the sweet. (Dutch) Don’t be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don’t be too bitter lest you be spewed out. (Yiddish) He deserves not sweet who will not taste of sour. (German) No sweet without sweat. (Kashmiri) Some of the...

An occasional variant of ‘sweetheart’, ‘sweetie’, etc. Used by a young American male to his sister in a television film shown in 1988. It occurs also in World So Wide, by Sinclair Lewis, used by a man to a female...

Sweet is one of the five basic tastes and is almost universally regarded as a pleasurable experience. Foods rich in simple carbohydrates such as sugar are those most commonly associated with sweetness, although there are other natural and artificial...

SHELF HELP YOUR GUIDE TO SMART SHOPPING The sweet, sad, tasty, bad of granola/cereal bars By ANNE SCHAMBERG Special to the Journal Sentinel Sunday, November 30, 2003 Goldilocks is too busy for porridge. She's out there with the rest of...

Celebrate with natural and sugar-free desserts Saying good-bye to sugar doesn't have to mean denying your sweet tooth-or settling for the chemical aftertaste and harmful side effects of artificial sweeteners. After reading up on these top-selling natural sweeteners, turn the page and try...