Book · 2013 · Digestive organs
Gulp
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Your book Gulp, which is about the mechanics of eating, you draw a distinction between stimulated and unstimulated saliva.
Tyler Cowen · Conversations with Tyler · Oct 2017 Listen at 1:12 What they say about it
- Explores the mechanics of eating“mechanics of eating”2
The best things said about it
I had a sense that that tube between the nose and the ass was it's like there's different rules in there and it's a very weird space.
Mary Roach The Book Review · Sep 2025 I remember there for Gulp. There was this guy in Food Valley. It's like the Silicon Valley of food in the Netherlands.
Mary Roach The Book Review · Sep 2025 Gulp. Adventures on the elementary canal.
You went to avan Allstate prison for the rectum chapter of gulp and you were talking to this convicted murderer.
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Oct 2017 Your book Gulp, which is about food and eating, do you ever think what's the correct way to eat french fries?
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Oct 2017 Why people recommend it
Gulp by Mary Roach is a work of popular science that humorously and thoroughly investigates the biology, mechanics, and cultural history of the human digestive tract. Mary Roach discussed the creation of the book on The Book Review, explaining how she developed her fascination with the alimentary canal and describing passionate researchers she encountered during her reporting in the Netherlands. Gilbert Cruz also referenced the title during a literary trivia segment on the same podcast. Tyler Cowen brought up the publication multiple times during an episode of Conversations with Tyler, using it to frame questions about the physiological distinction between stimulated and unstimulated saliva, interviews conducted inside a prison for a specific chapter, and the correct etiquette for eating French fries. Across these podcast appearances, the book is celebrated for its unique blend of meticulous investigative journalism, bizarre medical history, and sharp comedic writing regarding the inner workings of the human body.
Every mention
Tyler Cowen so in your book gulp which is about the mechanics of eating you draw a distinction between stimulated and u… 3
“so in your book gulp which is about the mechanics of eating you draw a distinction between stimulated and unstimulated saliva”
“you went to avan Allstate prison for the rectum chapter of gulp and you were talking to this convicted murderer”
“your book gulp which is about food and eating do you ever think what's the correct way to eat french fries”
Mary Roach I don't think it has ever happened that I've thought maybe gulp, like the elementary canal. I had a sense t… 2
“I don't think it has ever happened that I've thought maybe gulp, like the elementary canal. I had a sense that that tube between the nose and the ass was it's like there's different rules in there and it's a very weird space.”
“I remember there for Gulp. There was this guy in Food Valley. It's like the Silicon Valley of food in the Netherlands.”
Gilbert Cruz Gulp. Adventures on the elementary canal. 1
“Gulp. Adventures on the elementary canal.”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“She's the author of Bonk. And she is the author of Gulp. She is Mary Roach, the science journalist behind eight popular science books...”
“she is the author of many books including stiff gulp bunk spook and now fuzz when Nature breaks the law”