I also thank James Allison for sending me the Warm Feet. (Will the wonders of capsicum never cease?) Lori Bonvino and John Chelonis ably word processed and organized the references.

Ann Streissguth at the University of Washington generously supplied the photographs for Figure 13.2 (the children with fetal alcohol syndrome). Twentieth Century Fox provided the photograph of Marilyn Monroe from the movie Monkey Business for Figure 9.1a and Columbia Pictures provided the photograph of Jamie Lee Curtis from the movie Perfect for Figure 9.1b. Phototeque, in New York City, was of great assistance in locating these latter two photographs. Jacob Steiner of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, kindly provided the photographs of newborn infants tasting various solutions (Figures 5.3 and 5.5).

For the third and current version of this book I am indebted to John Wahlert for his many insights into and enthusiasm about chocolate, chile pepper, and computer games; David Szalda for assisting me with chemical calculations; and especially to Yenny Anderson and the librarians of Baruch College and the New York Institute of Technology, all of whom take the science of information retrieval to new heights. Yenny Anderson also prepared some of the figures. Kari Scalchunes and Joyce Mulcahy provided able office assistance and food encouragement when needed. Extremely helpful comments on the manuscript were made by Linda Bartoshuk, Amber D. Hoover, Rebecca A. Pearce, Patrice Tombline, Shawna Vogel, several anonymous reviewers, and especially Susan Brennan. My husband, Ian Shrank, and teenage son, Samuel Logue Shrank, also gave me many excellent comments on the manuscript. (The only problem with having my son read the manuscript is that he now happily recites to me the five research-based reasons why he doesn't like and won't eat certain dark vegetables or fish.) My agent, Al Zuckerman, rescued the manuscript at a critical time, George Zimmar signed it with proper gastronomic flair, and Shannon Vargo and Allison Taub ably shepherded it through the production process.

Throughout it all, the Long Island Railroad provided many, many hours of uninterrupted work time. Harvard University, the State University of New York, Baruch College of the City University of New York, the New York Institute of Technology, the United States Public Health Services Biomedical Research Support Grants, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Science Foundation all provided funds for research that is reported here. Many ideas and much inspiration came from the students and teaching assistants in my undergraduate and graduate courses on the psychology of eating and drinking. Finally, I want to express my deepest appreciation to Ian Shrank and Samuel Logue Shrank for their constant unquestioning encouragement and support.

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