Yotam Ottolenghi

Buttermilk's palate-cleansing tartness is one reason it's used a lot in southern India, where meals often end with a small bowl of the stuff served with plain rice and pickles.

Israeli Chef

Tartness is often discussed in cooking and food tasting to describe a desirable sharp flavor.

Culinary Contexts

While 'tart' can sound negative, in food and drinks, tartness can be considered refreshing and pleasant.

Not Always Negative

Tartness can be compared to a feeling, indicating something that's pleasantly sharp, like a lively personality.

Emotional Comparison

Tartness can describe a sharpness in someone's personality that's clever and often humorous.

Personality Trait

In social interactions, pointing out someone's tartness might suggest they're being overly critical or harsh.

Social Situations

Tartness can be seen as witty, but it’s a fine line before it's perceived as rude or offensive.

Double-edged Sword

 So he said, this is what I want to do. And he got together with the Campbell's soup kitchen, and he made 45 varieties of spaghetti sauce. And he varied them according to every conceivable way that you can vary tomato by sweetness, by level of garlic, by tomatoey-ness, by tartness, by sourness,

Choice, happiness and...

 so he said this is what i want to do and he got together with the campbell's soup kitchen and he made 45 varieties of spaghetti sauce and he varied them according to every conceivable way that you can vary tomato sauce by sweetness by level of garlic by tartness by