The Devil's Picnic

When you can't have it, you want it

Taras Grescoe is the author of The Devil's Picnic: A Tour of Everything the Governments of the World Don't Want You to Try and Bottomfeeder: How the Fish on Our Plates is Killing Our Planet. He also wrote Sacre Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec, which was shortlisted for the Writers' Trust Award, won the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction, and was a national bestseller in Canada. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Salon, Conde Nast Traveller, the Independent, The Times and National Geographic Traveller. He also writes for Saveur, New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Wired and Chicago Tribune Magazine. He lives in Montréal, Canada.

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