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The Educated Palate®
Educating Culinary Students and Gourmets about Aroma and Flavor
The Educated Palate® sensory training kits are a vital part of culinary education. The kits enable users to learn the taste, smell and semantic identity of a variety of herbs and spices for consistent communication and culinary creativity. The flavor oils can also be directly experimented with on food. The knowledge and experience these kits provide can benefit anyone who is interested in cooking.
The basic kit includes:
Sniffiggle is Dr. Herz's start-up company which creates a unique range of fun and educational games centered on the senses of smell and flavor, for children and adults alike.
Get more information about Sniffiggle LLC and the available products
Educating Culinary Students and Gourmets about Aroma and Flavor
The Educated Palate® sensory training kits are a vital part of culinary education. The kits enable users to learn the taste, smell and semantic identity of a variety of herbs and spices for consistent communication and culinary creativity. The flavor oils can also be directly experimented with on food. The knowledge and experience these kits provide can benefit anyone who is interested in cooking.
The basic kit includes:
- Includes 25 liquid culinary flavor samples of the most commonly-used herbs and spices in special amber glass vials fitted with orifice reducers that deliver 1 drop of essence to the tongue.
- Sturdy plastic hinged-top box with grid to hold samples securely.
- Each vial is labeled with a code number so users can test themselves on their proficiency in identifying the culinary flavors.
- The number code key.
- A user guide
- Photographs of the herbs and spices, descriptions, history, and foods with which they are traditionally paired.
Sniffiggle is Dr. Herz's start-up company which creates a unique range of fun and educational games centered on the senses of smell and flavor, for children and adults alike.
Get more information about Sniffiggle LLC and the available products
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National Rotten Sneaker Contest
The National Rotten Sneaker Contest has been an annual event in Montpelier, VT since 1975. Kids who have won their regional odiferous challenge assemble to compete for the ultimate stench-off. The winner’s sneakers are then forever enshrined in a glass cabinet dubbed “The Hall of Fumes.”
Dr. Herz has been the "celebrity" nose judge since 2008 and along with George Aldrich, a master sniffer from NASA, they decide whom the winner will be.
Watch the video from the 2011 competition
National Rotten Sneaker Contest
The National Rotten Sneaker Contest has been an annual event in Montpelier, VT since 1975. Kids who have won their regional odiferous challenge assemble to compete for the ultimate stench-off. The winner’s sneakers are then forever enshrined in a glass cabinet dubbed “The Hall of Fumes.”
Dr. Herz has been the "celebrity" nose judge since 2008 and along with George Aldrich, a master sniffer from NASA, they decide whom the winner will be.
Watch the video from the 2011 competition
