Chefs and Marijuana - Bogus Trend Story of the Week

The New York Times recently published an article about top chefs cooking and creating while high, and it took only a few hours for the folks at Slate to find the rotten fish in that bouillabaisse.
 
Noting the lack of evidence for most of the article's theories, Jack Shafer from Slate doubts that 'a drunk chef would necessarily be a better or more creative chef' and finds where the writer negates his own assertions. Anthony Bourdain, no doubt an authority on both cuisine and mind-altering substances, is quoted frequently, but the idea that marijuana can be associated with innovation in the kitchen remains highly doubtful.

Shafer says it best: 'Despite all the talk about how marijuana promotes creativity, I've never been able to confirm a relationship between pot and creativity….Creative people are generally creative when buzzed on pot or tipsy; noncreative people are generally noncreative when buzzed on pot or tipsy; and marijuana use often fills users with the self-illusion of creativity.'