When he was only 13, Thomas Verner Moore knew what he wanted to be—a hermit. The son of a Louisville insurance man, young Tom Moore had had his imagination fired by a book on the so-called Desert ...

The world-renowned “elixir of life” has been around for centuries, but its secret recipe — which has nearly disappeared several times — has never been revealed by the monks who made it famous.

In recent months, bottles of Chartreuse have been hard to come by. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like that will be changing anytime soon. “The monks are not in this to drive Mercedes and live a ...

ARLINGTON — A documentary about life in the Carthusian monastery on Mount Equinox, made by a team of Rutland filmmakers, to be screened at the visitors center outside the monastery, gives the outside ...

WASHINGTON, DC OCTOBER 25: Chartreuse is a liqueur made by the Carthusian Monks since 1737 according to the instructions set out in a manuscript given to them by François Annibal d'Estrées in 1605.

Green Key, a Chartreuse-inspired spirit made with more than 72 botanicals Credit: Jeremy Yap/courtesy Wilderness Club A t the height of lockdown, one curious trend emerged that has outlived everyone’s ...