ABSTRACT
Using the example of the former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (1930–2017), who ruled from 1982 to 1998, this chapter describes how eating and drinking together help to cope with difficult negotiation situations, build trust, and forge (political) friendships. It becomes clear that, in the best case, gastrosophy opens new possibilities of interpersonal communication that makes collective thinking more effective – an experience that many people have already made in private, but of which there are also numerous examples on the world political stage.
