And Mr Wannerton's relatively rare form is known as word-taste or lexical gustatory synaesthesia.

BBC: News

Hong Kong sets the bar for China's culture vultures generally, and its gustatory influence is pervasive.

ECONOMIST: Chinese food

More recently, in the gustatory realm, the big news has been the Danish restaurant Noma and the foraging philosophy that underpins it.

NEWYORKER: Aska

Gustatory overload aside, the Classic is a visual, auditory and tactile spectacle.

BBC: Booze meets black-tie for the Manhattan Cocktail Classic

It is John's first Christmas with my family and, despite two years of living in this culinary capital, he's not used to our gustatory ways.

WSJ: Stuffed, Stuffed Goose | Mega Meal

But when they actually had a big mouthful of greasy, crunchy, salty, fried potatoes, the powerful gustatory experience caused all thoughts of chocolate or sardines to evaporate.

FORBES

After the S-shape curve of the country from north to south, Artisans of Leisure's private, custom Vietnam for Foodies tours take in cultural and gustatory attractions along the way.

CNN: Exotic culinary tours around the world

Although the tale is almost certainly apocryphal (I figure the first sandwich was made the day after bread was invented), apparently the earl did lend his name to this gustatory delight.

NPR: The Art Of Sandwich-Making

So how is it that the same country that has produced some of the world's finest gustatory treasures is also home to a vegetable more reviled than broccoli and as intimidating as the artichoke?

NPR: Turning a New Leaf on a Misunderstood Sprout

The New York-based writer Elizabeth Gilbert (Julia Roberts), having fallen into a funk, chucks her weightless husband (Billy Crudup) and her equally weightless lover (James Franco) and restores herself by sampling the gustatory and spiritual gifts of Italy, India, and Bali.

NEWYORKER: Eat Pray Love