Love It or Hate It – How Flavor, Taste and Aroma Make Foods Taste “Good”

What you should know and be able to do after reading these posts

10.2  Understand how taste and aroma combine to give foods their flavors.
10.3  List physical, psychological, cultural and environmental influences on food likes and dislikes.
10.4  Be able to use the 9-point Hedonic scale to evaluating food products subjectively and objectively.
10.6 Explain the role of the five senses in cooking, presenting and eating food.
10.7 Describe how the five basic tastes (salty, sweet, sour, bitter and savory/Umami) can affect the appeal of food.
How You Taste Chocolate
Why Chocolate’s Smell is More Important that its Taste
The Science Behind Chocolate’s Amazing Flavor
Balancing Flavors
Evaluate Food Like a Professional with the 9-Point Hedonic Scale