The Secret Language of Scent and Spice: How Flavor Memories Write Our Deepest Poems
Close your eyes for just a moment. Breathe in deeply, as if you’re standing in your grandmother’s kitchen on a rainy afternoon. What do you smell? Maybe it’s the warm, buttery embrace of fresh-baked bread, the sharp tang of citrus peeling under your thumb, or the earthy sweetness of simmering tomato sauce that’s been bubbling for hours. In that instant, didn’t a whole world flood back? A specific feeling, a long-forgotten face, the texture of a worn tablecloth beneath your small hands? (more…)