Death in the Afternoon

PH factor: 8.5

Ingredients:

Cocktail

o champagne

o ¾ ounce Pernod Absinthe

Supérieure

Method:

1. Fill a flute or coupe almost

to the top with champagne.

2. Float absinthe on the top

of the drink.

Comments:

An ingredient list and recipe as

terse as any of the writings of

the man credited with its

creation. Simple though it is,

the end result is classic

Hemingway.

. . .