We spoke to researchers to find out. No images? Click here How Losing Your Sense of Smell Changes Your Relationship With FoodTo most, scent plays an essential role in cooking and dining. For Michael Hay, the more he thought critically about what he ate, largely in order to figure out how to write about food, the more he picked up on and started to talk about food in terms of ingredients’ aromas. But he never actually thought about just how deeply scent guided his relationship with food until, a few years ago, he started slowly losing his sense of smell. More food science |