The Pairing Deck of Flavors

TopicCard Decks & Oracles

TopicCooking

AuthorRaphaël Haumont

AuthorThierry Marx

PublisherDunod

You want to create recipes that are as bold as they are delicious, but don’t know where to start? With the Pairing Deck of Flavors, Thierry Marx and Raphaël Haumont make food pairing accessible to everyone thanks to a smart, practical tool designed for both everyday cooking and high-level gastronomy.

This deck brings together 100 market fruits and vegetables and breaks down their aromatic profiles into more than 2,000 creative pairings, presented as ingredient trios. At a glance, you can explore new combinations, from the classics to the most unexpected, to reinvent your dishes, desserts and menus.

Its 100 cards (6 × 20 cm), bound by a rivet, printed on plastified card and perfectly sized for one-handed use, are made to live in the kitchen: quick to flip through, visually clear and robust enough for intensive, everyday handling. On the back of each card, practical tips from Thierry Marx provide concrete ideas, advice and inspiration.

Independent yet perfectly complementary to The Flavor Atlas, this pairing deck can be bought on its own or alongside the book: the Atlas to understand, explore and give as a gift; the deck to use, experiment with and create. An innovative, hands-on and accessible tool, destined to become an essential companion for curious home cooks, students and anyone who wants to rethink the way they cook.

READERSHIP: Food pairing and flavor-science enthusiasts, anyone who wants to innovate in the kitchen by trying surprising combinations and students in culinary and hospitality schools.