Takeout feeling a little lackluster now that it’s your treat from cooking? Well, even a frozen dinner can taste better with the right ambience: New research finds relaxing background music (think Wynton Marsalis’ “Standards & Ballads”) played at around 30 decibels can increase meal enjoyment by 60 percent, compared to the typical din of restaurant chatter. That’s a pretty low-volume soundtrack—louder than rustling leaves but quieter than chirping birds.   In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies

  Another study in the journal Food Quality and Preference found brighter lights produce more intense-tasting food for diners, so hit the dimmer when eating spicy Mexican or Indian takeout. Oh, and despite the MSG takeout-freakout of the past (the additive was rumored to cause myriad health issues), a recent report found no merit to the so-called “Chinese restaurant syndrome.”

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Takeout feeling a little lackluster now that it’s your treat from cooking? Well, even a frozen dinner can taste better with the right ambience: New research finds relaxing background music (think Wynton Marsalis’ “Standards & Ballads”) played at around 30 decibels can increase meal enjoyment by 60 percent, compared to the typical din of restaurant chatter. That’s a pretty low-volume soundtrack—louder than rustling leaves but quieter than chirping birds.

 

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Another study in the journal Food Quality and Preference found brighter lights produce more intense-tasting food for diners, so hit the dimmer when eating spicy Mexican or Indian takeout. Oh, and despite the MSG takeout-freakout of the past (the additive was rumored to cause myriad health issues), a recent report found no merit to the so-called “Chinese restaurant syndrome.”

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