pastis
- n similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood
- Ricard turned from palette to pastis making, took over the family bathroom as his laboratory and distillery, added licorice to the standard pastis recipe to improve (or maybe to .
- In villages, farmers gather after a day's harvest for a shot of pastis and a dice game.
- The pastis was good and its fragrance of aniseed went to your head.