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 A bit of scientific knowledge goes a long way in making your food taste better. That’s why British Airways has introduced Height Cuisine, a program dedicated to understanding the effects of altitude on taste. Tasting Table has partnered with British Airways to explore other areas in which science and technology have benefited our taste buds. Here are some tasty findings:

Cup4Cup Flour

Cup4Cup Flour

Gluten-free eaters, rejoice! Chef Thomas Keller (of French Laundry and Per Se fame) and his research chef, Lena Kwak, spent months tinkering with this flour blend. With the help of science, they were able to home in on a blend of rice-, tapioca- and potato flour that is gluten-free but performs in recipes just like regular flour. Brioche for the masses! (click here to buy.)

Evernote Food

Evernote Food

Let technology do the work of remembering each morsel you put in your mouth. This smartphone app from the note-taking whizzes at Evernote helps jog your memory, from that bottle of wine you drank last week to the 21-course tasting menu you had on your birthday (click here to buy).

Guacamole Trick

Guacamole Trick

Nothing is more of a party downer than trying to make guacamole with rock-hard avocados. Let biology come to your rescue: Place the avocados in a paper bag with a banana. The banana releases a natural gas called ethylene, which speeds up the ripening process. (See more tips from TastingTable.com.)

Slick Ketchup Bottle

Slick Ketchup Bottle

Don’t waste another minute slapping the 57 or using a butter knife to get your ketchup out of the bottle. The brainiacs at MIT have developed a new, slick coating called LiquiGlide that allows bottles to release ketchup with little more than a tilt. Watch a video here.

SQIRL Jams

SQIRL Jams

At most wineries, the byproducts of making wine go straight into the garbage. But thanks to a little chemistry know-how, some of the leftover tartrates at La Clarine Farm winery get a second life in the unlikeliest of places: jam. Los Angeles preserves company SQIRL uses La Clarine Farm’s tartrates as a natural stabilizer, keeping the sugar from crystallizing in the candied orange peels that SQIRL sells online (click here to buy).