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How to Taste Your Favorite Foods and Drinks More Fully

According to certified taster Mandy Naglich, who is also a drinks educator, advanced cicerone (the highest level of certification for beer), and author of How to Taste: A Guide to Discovering Flavor and Savoring Life, you can taste food to its fullest extent, gaining more of an appreciation for what you eat with just a few simple steps. "Your tasting abilities are like strengthening a muscle," Naglich says. "Practice and repetition will improve them (rapidly) and ignoring them will cause them to slip."