When you think of absinthe, thoughts of the green fairy, hallucinations and late 19th century artists like Hemmingway, Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh are probably top of mind. But, with the rise of ...

WORMWOOD, Artemisia absinthium, is shown in James Sowerby’s 1803 handcolored engraving. Oil of wormwood was extracted from the herb’s leaves, flowers and stem; it gave absinthe a distinctively bitter ...

PARIS — I’ve come to the Paris Red Light District to kiss the Green Fairy full on the mouth, to sample the city’s absinthe houses, where the notorious and powerful liquor is still cloaked in mystery.

The Absinthe Forger by Evan Rail includes two parallel narratives—an investigation into the mentality and doings of an accused forger, and an exploration into the layered, multifaceted world of the ...

Evan Rail’s “The Absinthe Forger” takes the reader on a picaresque tour through the world of vintage alcohol collectors in pursuit of a fraudster. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the ...

For “Absinthe” fans, the narrative is as familiar as Gaz’s golden shoes. The show opened in April 2011, in a fabric Spiegeltent. The venue, and the show, was built to a half-year at Caesars Palace.