The Architecture of 

Flavor

What makes food delicious? In this course, you’ll find out. Delve into deliciousness by learning how to develop a flavor strategy that guides everything you do in the kitchen, and how your senses and perceptions affect taste and flavor.

This course will also introduce you to the flavor wheel, and show you how it can be used to plan, study, and critique a dish’s flavor appeal. 
Overview

This course will enable you to

  • Explain how a flavor development strategy can be used to alter eating behaviors and improve health outcomes
  • Explain the term "deliciousness" and how it's used as a tool in shaping positive and negative food behavior outcomes
  • Explain flavor and flavor perception
  • Describe taste buds and the five classic tastes
  • Explain how a flavor wheel can be used to plan, study and critique a dish’s flavor appeal

Course contents