For those of you who marvel at the delicious chemistry of food--as thinkers, eaters, or both!--here's a rather densely informative infographic to whet your appetite. Don't let all the lines daunt you--click on one and only the other foods to which is shares a connection appear. Interesting on an intellectual level, but also rather practical for those cooks who like to riff in the kitchen without a recipe.
Interactive by Jan Willem Tulp
SOURCE: “Flavor Network and the Principles of Food Pairing,” by Yong-Yeol Ahn, Sebastian E. Ahnert, James P. Bagrow and Albert-László Barabási, in Scientific Reports, Vol. 1, Article No. 196; December 15, 2011. With thanks to Sebastian Ahnert
