Talents that can impose a vast amount of order on chaos often require a heavily disordered personality. Alcoholism often figures in the mix. Reams of world-class authors, composers, artists ... the list is well-known by now. Such is the nature of paradox.
The human tongue has as wide a range of sensual variety as the colors on an artist’s palette. Probably no coincidence “palate” and “palette” sound the same. But clearly, the palate’s sensory range offers the greater pleasure (to most). Somebody said, “Food is sex.” Maybe it was Confucius.
Which is why the restaurant business thrives; why chefs can be rock stars, and why some multiple-Michelin-star chefs have rock-star appetites for controlled substances.
Bradley Cooper stars in "Burnt." ©The Weinstein Company
