Wondering why absinth has waned
For a while there, new and less potent forms of absinth were the latest chic aperitif. Their popularity seems to have waned. I don’t especially wonder why. Let me refer you to paintings by Manet and Degas before you start drinking the stuff. Dating from 1860 and 1876, they’re both called Absinth Drinker. Manet’s imbiber is …