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Cilantro: Delicious or Disgusting?
Whether you find cilantro—sometimes referred to as coriander leaves—delicious or disgusting, you are reacting to flavorful chemicals that the plant produces. The same is true for other foods: People react very differently to the same chemistry. But why?