Cinnamon and sumac are two common spices that are made from grinding up tree bark.
Also ginger.
And technically wormwood too, although that’s more you drinking water that is soaked into wood.
You using a different kind of sumac than the rest of us? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumac#In_food
That’s what whiskey is for
And smoking anything, it’s definitely part of food as a taste just not the wood it self as an ingredient.
It what? Who thinks wood smells edible?
Maple smells like sugar when cut. Maple syrup used to be made of the sap.
Only the expensive luxury stuff. The kind sold in tourist traps. Most maple syrup sold in stores is flavored corn syrup, which keeps the price down.
Maple syrup is tree blood. Kind like tree vampirism.
I don’t think wood smells like food. But I wonder… apparently termites have a bunch of gut bacteria to digest wood. Maybe if you eat raw termites and bark beetles, you can then eat some sawdust. If you continue the process eventually you may be able to eat wood or paper with your own gut biome. Maybe start with a termite, sawdust, and banana smoothie and move up from there. Best of luck.