James Briscione with Brooke Parkhurst. The Flavor Matrix: The Art and Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extraordinary Dishes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.
Guaiacol-related smoky aromas connect whiskey, vanilla, charring, barrel aging, and roasted foods as candidate pairing families.
James Briscione with Brooke Parkhurst, The Flavor Matrix: The Art and Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extraordinary Dishes (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018), 262 (local PDF sheet 901).
James Briscione with Brooke Parkhurst, The Flavor Matrix: The Art and Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extraordinary Dishes (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018), 262 (local PDF sheet 901).
printed p. 262
PDF sheet 901
Briscione and Parkhurst, Flavor Matrix, 262.
Aroma categories — smoke
2026-09-28: Fresh text verification at PDF 901; rendered page is blank. Correct printed locator 262 is identified through the book's Smoke aromas index entry, not a visible folio. Methoxyphenols are not terpenes; use the source's aroma association without adopting its chemical grouping or unmeasured concentrations. Verification concerns faithful source representation, not independent validation. Original source retains a material visual-layout gap.
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2026-09-28: Fresh text verification at PDF 901; rendered page is blank. Correct printed locator 262 is identified through the book's Smoke aromas index entry, not a visible folio. Methoxyphenols are not terpenes; use the source's aroma association without adopting its chemical grouping or unmeasured concentrations. Verification concerns faithful source representation, not independent validation. Original source retains a material visual-layout gap.
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PDF sheet 901 / printed p. 262 (index cross-reference; rendered folio unresolved)
Use
Documents a smoky-aroma family connecting whiskey, wood, char, vanilla, and roasted foods.
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