Can flavor…
be fractal?
heal?
alter mood?
affect behavior?
be separated from emotion?
transcend its function?
be genetically predisposed?
narrate a story?
paint a picture?
be composed to play like notes on a scale?
be charted as a periodic table?
inform texture?
satiate without caloric energy?
be masculine or feminine?
have a pedigree or hierarchy?
change the way we eat?
If you think you understand flavor and how we experience it, read this.
Playing with Fire and Water 
That was crazy. Imagine the smell receptors get bacon but that flavour is blocked and you taste blue cheese. I can foresee a future line of products “taste receptor blockers”.
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Yes.
be composed to play like notes on a scale?
Now thats what you call a tasting menu that leaves you in awe like a great master piece of symphonic work.
Some of those write ups in the Fat duck cook book are so interesting to read about this subject
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