Hmmm, no cooks here.
I think aurally, visually (images, colours, text, and numbers), but I also think in terms of smells and tastes. I cook more by feel and creativity as by recipe. I consider the incredients and mentally mix the combinations and see how the flavours mix before committing.
How about when you remember or mentally rehearse for a sporting event, don't you think kinetically? I know I do. Just yesterday I watched 10 minutes of one of those strong-man competitions and found myself sweating lightly after an event.
Whole brain and all sense thinking and living. You're probably doing more that you realize.
Observe and learn,
Iam2 
