ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Food pairing

Food pairing is like putting together a puzzle with yummy foods instead of puzzle pieces! Some foods taste especially good when you eat them together, and that's what food pairing is all about.

It's sort of like how when you mix red and blue paint, you get purple paint - the two colors work well together. The same goes for foods!

For example, have you ever had cheese and crackers? They taste really good together! That's because the taste of cheese goes really well with the taste of the crackers.

Another example is peanut butter and jelly. When you eat them together, they create a yummy taste that you might not get if you just ate peanut butter or just ate jelly.

Food pairing is a way of figuring out which foods go well together, so you can make delicious meals or snacks. Sometimes, chefs and scientists study different foods to see which ones pair well together, and they might even create new recipes based on what they find out!