Not only do sales of pastis represent one-fifth of all spirits sold nationwide, but it's the default aperitif drink as far north as Picardie. "It's not like some of those other regional aperitifs ...

The ban on absinthe in 1915 paved the way for the rise of pastis, a beloved French aperitif that remains a cultural icon today. Recognizable as the quintessential aperitif in France, its popularity ...

Drinking a Mauresque cocktail is one of the greatest joys of visiting Marseille but you don't have to fly to France to drink one. Instead, learn how to make the delightful French cocktail at home.

This put pastis at an advantage, according to Collins: absinthe, she said, was seen as "the drink of degenerate artists" (including Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse Lautrec and ...