The dictionary defines taste as the sense identifying sweet, sour, salty and bitter qualities coming into contact with the tongue, our main organ of taste. Actually, taste is a complex perception involving qualities of smell, texture, and imagination. There is something about the link between food and love that stretches back to the hazy beginnings of the human experience.

A fine meal can take us out of our mental world of work and stress and turns our awareness down the road of sensuality. Taste can be an ambassador, reminding us of the pleasures and wonders of satisfying our bodily desires, whatever they may be.

Are we more open to the suggestion of seduction after a delicious meal? Why do we describe our lovers with words like sweet, hot and spicy? Does the taste of our lover's lips stimulate the same deep centers of satisfaction as a fine meal?