Comments on: Day of Dead reading (with altars, food, and drink) at Chronicle Books http://www.friscovista.com/news/literature/day-of-dead-reading-with-altars-food-and-drink-at-chronicle-books/ A Window on Northern California Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:57:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: xensen http://www.friscovista.com/news/literature/day-of-dead-reading-with-altars-food-and-drink-at-chronicle-books/comment-page-1/#comment-4373 xensen Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:11:26 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/10/31/day-of-dead-reading-with-altars-food-and-drink-at-chronicle-books/#comment-4373 Absinthe is illegal in the U.S. but the plant wormwood is legal. You can buy the leaves at health food stores. BTW, Chronicle Books is the venue for this event but they're not the publisher. The book is distributed by University of Washington Press. Absinthe is illegal in the U.S. but the plant wormwood is legal. You can buy the leaves at health food stores.

BTW, Chronicle Books is the venue for this event but they’re not the publisher. The book is distributed by University of Washington Press.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.friscovista.com/news/literature/day-of-dead-reading-with-altars-food-and-drink-at-chronicle-books/comment-page-1/#comment-4370 Nancy Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:07:02 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/10/31/day-of-dead-reading-with-altars-food-and-drink-at-chronicle-books/#comment-4370 Good luck on your book launch. I like Chronicle books and I'm looking forward to this one as well. Just a question regarding the previous post on wormwood -isn't that actually absinthe and illegal as well as poisonous? I believe that it used to be drunk with cubes of sugar; if you look at some of Degas' paintings, he shows that with his drinkers in Paris cafes. Good luck on your book launch. I like Chronicle books and I’m looking forward to this one as well. Just a question regarding the previous post on wormwood -isn’t that actually absinthe and illegal as well as poisonous? I believe that it used to be drunk with cubes of sugar; if you look at some of Degas’ paintings, he shows that with his drinkers in Paris cafes.

]]> By: buried mirror: latest reflections » Amoebas http://www.friscovista.com/news/literature/day-of-dead-reading-with-altars-food-and-drink-at-chronicle-books/comment-page-1/#comment-4355 buried mirror: latest reflections » Amoebas Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:15:29 +0000 http://www.friscovista.com/news/2007/10/31/day-of-dead-reading-with-altars-food-and-drink-at-chronicle-books/#comment-4355 [...] One caution: wormwood is said to be the second most bitter substance there is (after vetch, I think). If you drink this stuff, you might want to swallow it fast (and then do the wormwood full-body shudder — perfect for dia de muertos). [...] [...] One caution: wormwood is said to be the second most bitter substance there is (after vetch, I think). If you drink this stuff, you might want to swallow it fast (and then do the wormwood full-body shudder — perfect for dia de muertos). [...]

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