Americans rely on convenience and make the primary flavours of their food salt, fat, and sugar.
Elsewhere in the world many cultures rely on actual herbs and spices to make their food delicious. I cooked a thai dish today from a cookbook. Sure it was high in calories and fat from the coconut milk, but the flavours were deep and complex. If you take time to enjoy that sensation food will take on a new meaning. So many people I know eat food just because they are hungry not because they even have pleasure in tasting it.
Elsewhere in the world many cultures rely on actual herbs and spices to make their food delicious. I cooked a thai dish today from a cookbook. Sure it was high in calories and fat from the coconut milk, but the flavours were deep and complex. If you take time to enjoy that sensation food will take on a new meaning. So many people I know eat food just because they are hungry not because they even have pleasure in tasting it.