The Devil's Picnic

When you can't have it, you want it

Taras Grescoe is a prize-winning journalist and author, his articles having appeared in The Times, National Geographic, The New York Times, Wired and the Independent. He has written two previous books - Sacre Blues:An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec and The End of Elsewhere: Travels Among the Tourists - and lives in Montreal.

Section - i: PROLOGUE Chapter - 1: APERITIF Hjemmebrent: The Viking Moonshine Chapter - 2: CRACKERS Savory Crackers: Poppies for Nanny Chapter - 3: CHEESE Époisses: Satan in a Poplar Box Chapter - 4: MAIN COURSE Criadillas: Brussels vs. the Bull's Balls Chapter - 5: SMOKE Cohiba Esplendido: It's the Law Chapter - 6: DIGESTIF Absinthe Suisse: One Glass and You're Dead Chapter - 7: DESSERT Chocolat Mousseux: The Exonerated Buzz Chapter - 8: HERBAL TEA Maté de Coca: Never Say No Chapter - 9: NIGHTCAP Pentobarbital Sodium: The Last Sip Section - ii: EPILOGUE