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We contrasted two pasteurized cow’s milk cheeses: Swiss cave-aged Gruyere and Spanish Mahon.  

Click here to read the Wikipedia biography of founder and CEO of Sensory Spectrum, Gail Vance Civille.

New Jersey is known as “The Garden State,” but few people outside of the area know why.  The answer can be seen in the pictures below – NJ overflows with farms, growing some of the world’s best produce. 

The word “corn” as such was an English term used to describe small particles. What we now call corn, the early American colonists called Indian corn. In this day and age ”Indian Corn” refers to the ornamental corn of Halloween and Thanksgiving traditions. Several New England tribes from the Mohegan in Connecticut to the Iroquois in the Great Lakes region had rituals and ceremonies of thanksgiving for the planting and harvesting of corn. One ceremony, the Green Corn ceremony of New England tribes, accompanies the fall harvest.

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Gail Vance Civille presents "Influence of Sensory Perception" at the ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting & Exposition.

August 22 – 26, 2010
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Conscious awareness of the environment and people around you fosters deeper understanding and enables more productive responses. Hear how sensory awareness contributes to this ability.  

Lemongrass Viet-Tai Restaurant
1729 State Route 10 East Morris Plains, New Jersey Phone (973) 998-6303

Hidden within a store front location on Route 10 East in Morris Plains, New Jersey, Lemongrass is an interesting Vietnamese-Thai restaurant. 

Celebrate one of Mother Nature's finest summer gifts, the blueberry, with this delicious recipe. 

Summertime in New Jersey and North Carolina (where Sensory Spectrum has its offices) is reliably hot and humid. However, we can all ‘beat the heat’ by wearing fabrics whose properties are great for keeping the body cool even on the hottest of days.  In this blog post, we will share some great choices for summer fabrics. 

Sensory Spectrum President, Gail Vance Civille, was interviewed by NBC Senior Investigative Correspondent, Lisa Myers, on her views of David Kessler's book The End of Overeating.

Changing the way -- and what -- we eat
Gail Vance Civille, President of Sensory Spectrum, explains how consumer demands are forcing food companies to change the way they engineer food.

Not so long ago, I was having dinner in San Antonio after a day of working with a client.  I say not so long ago for 2 reasons: 1) I can’t quickly recall a date – March/April/Easterish?  and 2) I need you to know that it was definitely not Tomato season.  Regardless, the description was too good to pass up – something about tomato hearts with feta and capers and a citrus balsamic dressing. It sounded light; it sounded different from the flotilla of Caesar salads that routinely pass before my eyes on menus across the country; it sounded GOOD.

So I asked my waiter, a friendly if overworked guy, about the tomato salad.  “Was it good?”  I asked. “Tomatoes aren’t in season yet.  Will it taste like tomatoes?”  “Yes”, he assured me, “It’s really good.” So I took a chance and ordered the tomato salad, a shrimp appetizer, and a nice glass of pinot gris.

What’s more quintessentially summer than fresh, sweet tomatoes mixed with fragrant leaves of basil?  This pasta recipe combines these two elements into a simple, yet flavorful dish, perfect for a warm evening on the porch with friends and a glass of wine.

Vicksburg, Mississippi , referred to as the “Red Carpet City of the South”, is a wonderful and culturally rich city with a deep history.   Each year, thousands of tourists visit the city and enjoy all that this southern bell has to offer.  When I had the opportunity to visit my daughter who was working there, I jumped at the chance.  First, I wanted to know more information about the city. Here are a few facts I found.  The area was originally part of the Natchez Native Americans’ territory and was later conquered by the Choctaw Nation.  In 1801, under pressure from the U.S. government, the Choctaw Nation ceded its territory to the U.S. which led to the removal of the Choctaw to Indian Territories west of the Mississippi.  During the Civil War, Vicksburg proved to be a pivotal part of the battle between the North and the South.  In 1863, the city finally had to surrender during the siege of Vicksburg giving the Union Army control of the entire Mississippi River.  This was a turning point in the Civil War. 

Sensory Spectrum President, Gail Vance Civille, talks on National Public Radio (NPR) about the most alluring flavors and textures of food.  She is highlighted in an interview with former FDA Commissioner, Dr. David Kessler, who speaks about his book, The End of Overeating and how certain foods train the brain to overeat.

View our posters from the 8th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium which took place in Florence, Italy in July 2009.  This symposium is an international meeting of sensory scientists to honor the work and contribution of Rose Marie Pangborn to the field of sensory science.  It continues the tradition based on the previous seven symposia and encourages young sensory scientists to present their research on a global platform. The Pangborn meeting has continued to grow and is recognized as the most important scientific symposium for the disciplines of sensory and consumer science.