Food Tool for the Week- Flavor Pyramid

We are familiar with the nutritional food pyramid, this pyramid uses its structure to build flavors and in turn provide complete well balanced dishes. The flavor pyramid helps create dishes by starting with their individual attributes. This pyramid system is very visual which only helps get the mind stimulated and then to create. A line from their website that I feel encompasses their beliefs reads; “encourage flavor exploration and new taste experiences”.

They have indentified six building levels that if applied from the bottom up will result in a more complex and satisfying taste experiences. The six levels begin at the bottom with emotion, then moving upward into appearance, aromas, textures, sensations and lastly basic tastes.

The pyramid was created for building menus and dishes, but I feel like if taken in a broader context you could gain from how it is set up. I firmly believe that you should learn something new every day, try using the thoughts put forth by “The Flavor Pyramid” and apply to the next creative strategy, or other projects where you have to bring several “ingredients” together to create that next new experience. I highly recommend taking a few minutes and looking at their website, http://flavorpyramid.com/#intro

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