It's well-known that our senses of smell and taste are intricately tied. A whiff of freshly baked bread or caramelized nuts will start us drooling; holding your nose while eating jelly beans renders the flavors indistinguishable. Cooks know better than anyone the importance of smelling and tasting your food to best understand it. Aspiring chef Molly Birnbaum relished in the sensory experiences of the kitchen, until a car accident in her early twenties wiped out her sense of smell. She explores the emotional and physical consequences of her accident in her memoir Season to Taste: How I Lost My Sense of Smell and Found My Way. More