What entices each bite of a mini salted-maple, toasted-almond Cronut—as I recently relished at Donut Savant in Oakland, CA—the flaky tenderness of fried laminated dough, with sweet-salty creamy frosting countered with crunchy texture from the aromatic, slivered almonds?... It triggers sensory pleasure, dopamine-fired, each little bite inspired.
The key here is dynamic contrast, and as I note in this month’s Market Trends article, the concept forever remains an instrumental catalyst in the pleasure of food.