My Dinners with Harold

What a lovely profile. That dinner at El Bulli, like the Yalta conference of scientific cooking.

> a new book that he describes somewhat cryptically as “a guide to the smells of the world,”

The practical application of this will be in pairing foods with one another. There are only five fundamental flavors for the tongue, but trillions of different smells. Pairings tend to share scents. Most pairings are only based on tradition, though - trial-and-error over thousands of years. Should be an interesting read.