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Absinthe Robette Oscar Wilde said "Absinthe was as poetical as anything in the world." Absinthe was called "la fée ver...

Once upon a time there was a wonderful restaurant in NYC called Chanterelle. First in Soho and then in Tribeca, it served inspired food fo...

Miniature of the "Ménagier de Paris", 15th century While thinking about an appropriate dish to serve for Valentine’s Day, I c...

The Garden of Pleasure, 15th C. Flemish Roman de la Rose was a transformational 13 th century work written by 2 different people 45 year...