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 　　That spoon sure looks yummy. Not that I am planning on eating my utensils¹, but the appearance and feel of cutlery influences the taste of food. That's according to a study in the journal Flavor. It was already known that plate size, background music and even lighting² can influence eating habits. To test the effect of cutlery, researchers served food with cutlerier with different weights, colors and shapes. When volunteers ate yogurt with lighter³ spoons, they read (?) that taste as denser⁴ and more expsensive. Spoon color was important as well. A blue spoon made white yogurt taste less salty than the same yogurt dyed pink. And a black spoon made both yogurt tast less sweet. Researcher also fed subjects cheddar cheese, who said the cheese eating from a knife seemed saltier than cheese eating from a fork, spoon or toothpick. Clearly, outside clues have a huge influence on how food tastes and also on our eating habits, which makes color your choice of place settings at your next dinner party.