Taste as a Measure of Man.* Please No.
The use of taste to take the measure of others swung completely out of control on Twitter in the last couple of days. For those of you wise enough not…
Read moreCreating Flavor in the Home Kitchen: A Quick Historical Overview of the Last Half Century
Since today is the official publication date of The Art of Flavor by Daniel Patterson and Mandy Aftel, which I have already written about here, it seemed a good moment to put…
Read moreReading and Pondering: The Art of Flavor
“Do you know of any cookbooks that tell you how to create flavor?” I was flattered to be asked because the questioner was the California perfumer, Mandy Aftel. I’ve always…
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