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Claiming it has reinvented the fork, a Montreal-based kitchen equipment outfitter is taking orders for its new brand of cutlery that shoots a variety of smells into a diner’s nostrils.

The Aromafork is being touted as the latest advancement in molecular gastronomy — a brand of cookery previously reserved for advanced cooks with a background in chemistry. But the Montreal firm Molecule-R Flavours — dubbed “the Betty Crocker of molecular gastronomy” by one blogger — is bent on making the craft accessible to average home cooks.

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The new fork has garnered the attention of international media, using a toolkit of ear-droppers and tiny sheets of paper to deliver vapourized aromas ranging from banana to truffle.

Users put a drop of liquefied aroma on specialized paper inside a small indent at the base of the tines, and the fork diffuses vapour to “trick your mind and change the way you perceive flavours.”