[Applejinx]

First thing I thought of. The takeaway for me is that (a) Malcolm Gladwell generalizes and story-izes like mad to make a compelling take, but (b) it turns out that it's a very powerful thing to balance flavors until the synthesis has a stronger personality than any of its component parts.

Works in other art forms, too, and works in regular cooking. If you like a sensation, be careful to not dive in and add LOTS of it or the thing you like will end up distractingly strong, and the gestalt will suffer.