The Fae-hive awakens and this week, Dickie is holding your hand and complimenting your nails while telling you about absinthe's licorice-laden origins in the Franco-Swiss countryside. In the first episode of this two-part series, we'll hear how absinthe became the darling of both the French counter-culture and military alike, and what it meant for absinthe to arrive on the shores of the UK, the US, and Spain. 

Plus, like, what all them herbs in there do. Like herbaceously, from an herbalism agenda standpoint. Because there's...kind of a few of 'em in there.

 We've also got some news du jour about chocolate and the Ivory Coast, and why eating chocolate bunnies is cool in the off-season.

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