Osburnt: Dispatches From a Life Seared by the Arts

Somewhere betwixt curating a sculpture garden worthy display of pigs-in-a-blanket and an artful arrangement of black bass with a nori salsa verde, celebrity chef Wiley Defresne paused in the kitchen of Alder, not to rest from his travails, but – to wipe the counter. Alder is this long-haired, pixie-eyed artist’s second venture; his first, wd~50,…