Which sense does the author appeal to in the description of the kitchen? What mood is created?

Buddy and his elderly friend gather all the precious ingredients they need to make their Christmas fruitcakes. The description of the kitchen as they bake together uses visual imagery to conjure a country kitchen and also appeals to the reader's sense of smell.

The black stove, stoked with coal and firewood, glows like a lighted pumpkin. Eggbeaters whirl, spoons spin round in bowls of butter and sugar, vanilla sweetens the air, ginger spices it; melting, nose-tingling odors saturate the kitchen, suffuse the house, drift out to the world on puffs of chimney smoke.

The mood that Capote creates with this description is warm, cozy, and nostalgic. Buddy is remembering what it was like to be with his friend, and he paints a picture of their intimacy in a loving and domestic world where they can be together and free of the disapproval of the relatives with whom they share the house. In addition to the stove, there is a fireplace and rocking chairs, where they sit and shell the nuts. Even in their nontraditional family, there is the connotation of the comfort of hearth and home.