To the bartender at Father’s Office in Culver City, who graciously replaced my California chardonnay with an Italian white on Monday night because the chardonnay tasted rancid: I apologize. Weirdly, ...

Q: My son made a fancy pasta dish sprinkled with pine nuts for his girlfriend. Within a couple of days, he developed a terrible bitter taste in his mouth that became worse when he ate anything, ...

A Papua New Guinea oncologist says funding is needed to inform the public about the risks of mouth cancer from chewing betel nut. Betel nut chewing involves chewing the palm tree nut mixed with lime ...

Imagine taking 50 pennies and placing them in your mouth. Get them all up in there, lined against your gums. Put them on top of your tongue, so all your taste buds are covered. How does that taste?

A deep red or purple smile is a common sight in many parts of Asia and the Pacific. But what’s behind it? This red residue is the telltale sign of the betel nut, which is chewed by millions of people ...

Some people who chew areca nut may be genetically more prone to mouth cancer, a new report in the British Journal of Cancer reveals. October 12, 2004 -- Some people who chew areca nut may be ...

Scientists on the trail of "pine nut mouth," a nasty metallic aftertaste that some people get after eating the tender little nuts, have been stumped in their latest effort to zero in on the cause of ...

Rare condition in which eating pine nuts ruins taste for weeks. Jul. 7, 2010— -- It's a chef's worst nightmare: to wake up one morning to find that food has lost its flavor-- that every morsel to ...

They are a favourite with celebrity chefs and hailed as the latest healthy salad ingredient. But a liberal sprinkling of pine nuts over your dinner could also leave a bitter taste in your mouth.