What are some foods and drinks that taste better as they age?

Aged brandy (Cognac) describes a collection of spirits distilled from wine. The longer the wine is distilled in special oak wood casts, both the flavor intensity and the alcoholic content is increased. read more

Many cakes also taste better when they are several days old. Certain fruit-filled cake is intentionally aged several months before serving. I make a candied ginger cake in October to give away in Decmber. read more

Some people prefer whisky on the rocks, others - esp. in Scotland - find ice an abomination. Hot coffee and iced coffee are equally acceptable to most people, and choice depends mainly on ambient temperature. It's all about circumstance, accompanying flavours, and how we are used to having our food and drink served. read more

Sure, as we shuffle hungrily through our mortal coils, our preferences change, but some of those early food learnings will stay with us. I, for instance, may have gone off milk before turning one year old (present me with a glass of any kind of milk and my face will curdle ), but melting milk chocolate on my tongue, coating it with sugary, dairy gloop is immensely comforting to me. read more