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Two framed awards presented to noted restaurateur Michel P. Roux. Includes a Brandeis University honorary Doctor of Humane Letters diploma, issued May 19, 1991, and a 1992 DiRoNA (Distinguished Restaurants of North America) award recognizing Michel Roux of Carillon Importers and Absolut, presented in New York on May 11, 1992. Both are professionally framed, with one under glass. The other has no glass on the frame.
These items are in good, pre-owned condition and have light wear, minor scratches, and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Together: 20 3/4" x 16 1/2" x 1 3/4". Weight: 5.1 lbs.
From the collection of Michel Roux, the liquor icon. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned by the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one if its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000 Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.
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