Word.
of the day.
"Gustatory" (adj), Of or pertaining to the sense of taste.

Instead I seemed to be
drawn to countries with the worst food imaginable,
places like Turkistan and Africa, where
every day you woke up hoping you could avoid
gustatory terror but knowing that before you slept again,
horrible things would be going inside your mouth.
The best strategy was simply to try to eat as little as possible.
But I seemed cursed by an ever hopeful palate.
"Termites? Termite larva? Could be interesting. I'll try a handful."
This was never
a good idea.

Stuart Stevens, Feeding Frenzy