Smell is such a personal thing. It’s the way our monkey brain inspects food; it’s the we attract each other; it’s pleasure, memory, nature and nurture. So I don’t know whether it’s my Mediterranean genes that make me love the smell of marzipan, or whether it’s the memory I have of stealing a log of it from the store as a kid and eating the entire log while watching the movie Transylvania 6500.

Orgeat: More Than Almond Syrup
in this issue of the Seattle Weekly

Orgeat syrup was a specialty ingredient akin to bitters back in the day. The proper mai tai employs it, but there’s oh so much more you can do with it.