Absinthe, often called “the green fairy,” is an emerald-hued spirit steeped in myth, history and allure. It has captured the imaginations of artists, writers and connoisseurs for centuries, becoming ...

It’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon and I am trying to get a good louche going, the cloudy effect that occurs when cold water is slowly added to absinthe and its essential oils rouse from the liquid like ...

It looks like Listerine and tastes like licorice. It might get you seduced by a vampire, like in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, or make you spawn a witch, as in the Broadway show Wicked. It might turn you ...

Love the Bohemian lifestyle? Fancy yourself a tortured artiste? Here are 10 places to get absinthe cocktails in Los Angeles. "The first stage is like ordinary drinking, the second when you begin to ...

A new study may end the century-old controversy over what ingredient in absinthe caused the exotic green aperitif's supposed mind-altering effects and toxic side-effects when consumed to excess. The ...

Lance Winters, an Alameda distiller, may be a hotter ticket right now than Paris Hilton on a Friday night. Reporters want him, the bar crowd adores him and he's been known to sell out the house in ...

For New Year’s Eve, adventurous celebrants will keep a cork in the Champagne bottle and switch to another French import – absinthe. The mysterious “Green Fairy,” or Fee Verte, has a high alcohol ...

National Absinthe Day is marked annually on March 5 to raise awareness and celebrate the strong alcoholic drink also known as "The Green Fairy." Absinthe is a combination of spirits and herbs, mainly ...

Absinthe has inspired many great authors of the last 150 years – and may have ruined some as well. Jane Ciabattari investigates the green spirit’s peculiar power. Arthur Rimbaud called absinthe the ...