Michele - Flavors and taste seemed to be very important to my son, too especially when he had trouble tasting anything. I remember how he would lean his head very close over the bowl of chicken broth, smelling and breathing in through his nose. At first I thought maybe he was trying to see if I had prepared something that was bad or gone past the expiration date, but when I asked him about it, he said that for him, trying to see how something smelled was very close to being able to taste it and he was just trying to get some sensation of taste back. When the taste did come back, it was weird and not like the normal taste of certain foods with some tasting like "ashes" or the low sodium canned chicken broth tasting way too salty. The day he was able to taste and enjoy a gourmet jelly bean was a highlight and his daughter and I danced around the kitchen for that event! It does get way better!