FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
SMELL, ODORAT
Barer-Stein, Thelma. 1999. You eat What You Are People, Culture and Food Traditions. Firefly Books. Toronto
is the sense of smell that is active not only before a meal is taken, but also during the meal. The aroma released by fragrant parts of the food is inhaled and penetrates into the back-throat and into the nasal chambers.
Excerpted from Montagne, Prosper. 1961. Larousee Gastronomique. The Encyclopedia of Food, Wine & Cookery. Crown Publishers, Inc., New York.
is the sense of smell that is active not only before a meal is taken, but also during the meal. The aroma released by fragrant parts of the food is inhaled and penetrates into the back-throat and into the nasal chambers.
