Why does warm food taste better?

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Why does warm food taste better?

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A major component of the way food tastes is actually the way food _smells_. There is a direct pathway from our mouths to our noses (in the back of the throat) so that odors of the food can be sensed while we are chewing.

Warm molecules are more likely to aerosolize (go into the air) and are thus more likely to be smelled.