30 aromatic personalities
What kind of cook are you?
Thirty aromatic characters to help you put words to what you really love cooking. Each profile gathers a flavor family, five ranked signature products, go-to dishes and an opposite profile. Take the quiz to discover yours, or explore them one by one to borrow ideas from a kitchen that isn’t (yet) yours.
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The Citrus Hunter
You chase the bright, lemony lift in every dish.
- freshness
- brightness
- citrus
- floral
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The Smoke & BBQ Devotee
You cook the way you'd tend a fire.
- smoke
- umami
- power
- carnivore
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The Botanist
You read herbs the way others read wine lists.
- vegetal
- herbaceous
- fresh
- subtle
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The Island Voyager
You bring a flavor home from every trip.
- warm spice
- sweet
- tropical
- generous
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The French Classicist
You still believe a well-ground pepper is all a dish needs.
- terroir
- deep
- classic
- rigorous
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The Wok Convert
You reach for the wok more often than the Dutch oven.
- numbing
- umami
- bright
- fermented
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The Secret Pastry Chef
You always slip a pinch of spice where no one expects it.
- round sweet
- vanilla
- warm spice
- precision
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The Tidewater Cook
You eat the shellfish straight off the rock.
- marine
- iodine
- mineral
- fresh
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The Highland Larder
You want the wild hills on the plate.
- earthy
- rustic
- forest
- mediterranean
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The Pepper Snob
You're after the pepper nobody's heard of yet.
- rare
- curious
- precise
- anti-classic
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The Low-and-Slow Pitmaster
You cook American, you finish British.
- smoke
- warm spice
- generous
- long
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The Mediterranean Soul
You cook with oil, lemon, and sunshine.
- mediterranean
- vegetal
- oil
- sunshine
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The Rare Pepper Collector
You want the world's forgotten peppers.
- erudite
- curious
- rare
- complete
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The Chocolate Devotee
You're after the spice that reveals the bean.
- chocolate
- woody
- round
- intense
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The Brunch Obsessive
You turn every Sunday morning into a hotel spread.
- brunch
- balanced
- sweet-savory
- morning
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The Romantic Carnivore
You cook meat the way you'd write a love letter.
- meat
- deep
- noble
- woody
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The Adventurous Vegetarian
You find more pleasure in a carrot than most find in a steak.
- vegetal
- warm spice
- meatless umami
- creative
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The Cheese Board Architect
You read a cheese board like a contour map.
- cheese
- mineral
- terroir
- rigor
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The Home Curry Cook
You swapped butter for ghee and it changed your life.
- indian
- warm spice
- umami
- warm
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The Japanese-at-Home Cook
You cook precision, not quantity.
- japanese
- umami
- precise
- iodine
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The Autumn Game Cook
You wait for October the way kids wait for Christmas.
- game
- woody
- powerful
- long
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The Cocktail Mixer
You drop a little Timut in your gin and tonic and become dangerous.
- cocktail
- citrus
- floral
- fine spice
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The Backyard Pizzaiolo
Your pizza oven cost more than your couch.
- italian
- umami
- oil
- simple
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The Sunday Braiser
You braise for twelve hours and think that's normal.
- braised
- generous
- comfort
- family
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The Raw Bar Regular
You eat more tartare than anything cooked.
- raw
- bright
- iodine
- light
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The Home Ice Cream Maker
You own a churn and you know how to use it.
- ice cream
- citrus
- floral
- fresh
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The Sauce Strategist
You judge a cook by the béarnaise.
- sauce
- umami
- brown stock
- complex
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The Perpetual Pickler
You pickle everything, all the time.
- pickled
- fermented
- bright
- warm spice
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The Gift Set Builder
You don't know yet, but you want to find out.
- curious
- discovery
- gift
- versatile
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The Private Chef
You've got more spices than half the restaurants in town.
- expert
- complete
- versatile
- passionate