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The Green Fairy Book of Absinthe Cocktail Recipes: Over 700 Drink Creations to Celebrate the Green Hour
Collected and Edited by Joanne Asala and Robert Calhoun
Absinthe! The very word evokes an era of romance and excess. Nicknamed la fée verte, or the “Green Fairy,” this fabled drink is often said to be the inspiration behind the work of many great nineteenth-century artists and poets like Degas, Manet, van Gogh, Verlaine, and Toulouse Lautrec. The Green Fairy has also been called a dark seductress. Nearly a hundred years ago the world banned this potent spirit amid fears that it caused madness and criminal behavior. However, much of that belief has been dispelled and absinthe is making a comeback. Many cafes around the world are serving it again as the laws against distilling it are being lifted. This collection of over 700 cocktail recipes offers the reader a variety of delicious ways to enjoy absinthe. If you are not lucky enough to live in a region where absinthe is again legal, you may also try using Pernod, Anisette, Absente, or other “absinthe substitutes” in these cocktails. Illustrated with historic images from The Virtual Absinthe Museum as well as dozens of vintage advertising posters and paintings by nineteenth-century masters. Long live the Green Fairy!
More>>>The Green Fairy Book of Absinthe Cocktail Recipes is available as an e-Book in Adobe® PDF format. It will be e-mailed to the address you use for payment. Credit cards are accepted through PayPal. You do not need to open a PayPal account, just use the payment form below.
Price: $4.95 (122 pages)
“The book is absolutely excellent...beautifully and intelligently produced.”— David Nathan-Maister, proprietor, Virtual Absinthe Museum
