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title: Lessons in Flavoring
date: 2023-09-14T09:54:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://terp.umd.edu/lessons-in-flavoring"
section: Articles
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# Lessons in Flavoring

*September 14, 2023* — by [Chris Carroll](/authors/chris-carroll)


- *Illustration by Charlene Prosser Castillo*

> Food Scientist Melds Chemistry, Culinary Passion at McCormick

*food in test tubes*

A visitor to the lab that Lisa Bird ’89, M.S. ’98 runs at McCormick and Co. experiences a moment of aromatic disorientation; it smells like a vast banquet—a ginger- and garlic-infused stir fry, a coconut cookie, a bratwurst—but all this alchemy is contained in several glass vials lined up on the kitchen-like counter.


*Lisa Bird headshot*




**Issue:** [Fall 2023](https://terp.umd.edu/editions/fall-2023)


**Types:** [Post-Grad](https://terp.umd.edu/category/post-grad)