Thanks for the link! Lost Larson in Chicago is in our hood, and we go there regularly. I love their breads and their pastries, though I've been disappointed in their croissants - not flaky enough.

It's criminal that the Maine entry didn't mention Standard Baking in Portland (or Tandem for not-bread but the best baked goods you'll ever have - IMO Tandem is the best bakery in the country).

Super tasters are people who are exceptionally sensitive to flavors, generally thought to be because they have a higher than normal number of taste buds. So even small flavors seem outsized. Super tasters tend not to be able to tolerate strong flavors (e.g. garlic), for example. A disproportionate number of sommeliers and master sommeliers are super tasters.