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What you ought to know about absinthe, its myths and legends. Read the whole description
- Author : Marie-Claude Delahaye
- Language : English
- Nb of pages : 175
Absinthe the Living Legend regroups everything you ought to know about absinthe, its myths and legens.
It is ideal for begginers: they will discover amongst others its history, rites, fabrication and the collectors phenomenon.
It comprises a report on the Liquoristeries de provence as a bonus.
A book richly illustrated with photos of ancient objects, ideal for a discovery !
It is ideal for begginers: they will discover amongst others its history, rites, fabrication and the collectors phenomenon.
It comprises a report on the Liquoristeries de provence as a bonus.
A book richly illustrated with photos of ancient objects, ideal for a discovery !
The green fairy never cease to amaze us. Once adored, than banished, she has returned even stronger after a long silence. All around the world the magic of the myth has exploded in a green symphony. Various shaped bottles are exhibited in a fashionable shop windows.
With a variety of flavours from both near and far and a ritual being rediscovered, the absinthe of the third millennium derives its success purely from its own name: a name which inevitably evokes the "Belle Epoque" when artists changed the world from within it’s smoke-filled cafes. The absinthe of today is rooted in the rich history of its past.
With a variety of flavours from both near and far and a ritual being rediscovered, the absinthe of the third millennium derives its success purely from its own name: a name which inevitably evokes the "Belle Epoque" when artists changed the world from within it’s smoke-filled cafes. The absinthe of today is rooted in the rich history of its past.
Marie-Claude Delahaye is a lecturer in cellular biology at the University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. She found her first absinthe spoon in 1981 and was immediately transformed by the “Green Fairy”. Having spent entire days in libraries researching, she became an absinthe historian with the publication of her first book in 1983 -”L'Absinthe – Histoire de la Fée Verte”. Other books followed and have revealed the importante signification of absinthe in the society during the XIXth century, and more particulary the influence it had on art. At the same time, Marie-Claude spent much of her time in antique shops and on markets in view to aquire an impressive collection of souvenirs, etchings, drawings, paintings...
After having organised many exhibitions, Marie-Claude finallycreated the Musée de l'Absinthe in 1994. The museum is located in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, well-know for it is where Vincent Van Gogh and his brother Theo are burried. Absinthe was the muse of painters and poets during the XIXth century and its true spirit lives again in the Musée de l'Absinthe.
After having organised many exhibitions, Marie-Claude finallycreated the Musée de l'Absinthe in 1994. The museum is located in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, well-know for it is where Vincent Van Gogh and his brother Theo are burried. Absinthe was the muse of painters and poets during the XIXth century and its true spirit lives again in the Musée de l'Absinthe.
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- Marie-Claude Delahaye
- English
- 17 x 17 cm
- 175
- Equinoxe
- February 2005
- Carrés gourmands
- 263 (coloured)
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