Cravings often point to patterns and deficiencies. Ten Tastes will start with the four tastes that correlate with the four elements of Southern Appalachian Folk Medicine that I learned from Phyllis Light and will end with the ten tastes promoted by David Winston. What a person craves, favorite foods, and taste aversions are useful to understand what the spirit, mind and body need. Taste is a useful tool for assessment and choosing herbs. This section will improve your herbal cooking skills along with learning to assess for individual formulations of teas and other concoctions. July is a time of flowers and fruit, heat, and remembering how to stay cool.