02252nas a2200253   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003653001200044653001200056653002200068653001900090653001500109653003400124653001100158100002100169700001800190245007000208856011800278300001200396490000700408520156300415022002001978       2017                            d10aCooking10aCuisine10aFlavor principles10aFood seasoning10aGastronomy10aSocio-anthropology of feeding10aspices1 aR. Cartay Angulo1 aL. Andrade A.00aCritical review of the flavor principles from the social sciences  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85070329942&partnerID=40&md5=beff41ff59791f4f1f80db53426b632f  a107-1210 v233 aSeasoning the food is a key element of intermediation between the ingredients and the culinary corpus, which gives the accent to a kitchen, making it unique among the different ways of cooking and an identifier element. This article purposes a critical review of some aspects related to the kitchen as a social fact, They have not been treated in deep by specialists in social sciences. It is a documentary research - both, descriptive and explanatory - based on the socio-anthropology of food, based on the review of various bibliographic as well as hemerographic sources. It addresses six elements that characterizes the cuisine of a group, community, region or country, namely: ingredients, culinary corpus, mode of preparation (with cooking techniques), cultural and symbolic representations associated with the food act, kitchen bottoms and -finally- flavoring principles. It also examines the role historically played by aromatic herbs, spices and food additives in food as a social fact. Main findings allow emphasizing that the flavor principles (i.e., aromatic herbs, spices and food additives) act as a complex gustative-olfactory structure that makes recognizable and acceptable a preparation and a culinary style, from the point of view of its biological and cultural consumption, while making it a marker trait of a given culture. The way they feed themselves and organize their culinary practice in a given society is an important expression of a group, community, region or nation, related to its cultural identity and its intangible heritage.  a13160354 (ISSN)