How much do our mothers influence our taste?

A personal enquiry from Annie.

Our tastebuds begin forming in utero at around the 8 week mark and start functioning around the 14 week mark. Of all the batshit crazy things I learnt while pregnant, the fact that I might be able to quite literally influence my baby’s taste before he was born was definitely one of the most profound. This is part of what’s known as taste imprinting, a t…