I like taste and good good. I'm French, cook a lot, and have several friends who are chefs. But I also know that taste is, biologically, a result of evolution.

I like taste and good good. I'm French, cook a lot, and have several friends who are chefs. But I also know that taste is, biologically, a result of evolution. Kind of a tool to help us go eat the things that are good for us nutritionally. What taste great in our modern life isn't what we actually need (quality- and quantity-wise). We crave sugar and salt. I, like most, also like the melanoidins produced by Maillard reaction (that BBQ feeling…). But is it good? The more I learn, the more I reduce my sugar and salt intake. Idem for meat, although it isn't just for health reasons (hello CO2). I can cook better now, and my food taste better now that I know it's healthier that way. I do care about my taste buds, but they surely won't control my diet.