Absinthe has a storied past, was illegal for years even after Prohibition, but why? Just what about its mysterious ingredient, wormwood, caused chaos?

la Fée Verte (the green fairy). Absinthe’s mystique grew when luminaries like Van Gogh, Degas, Picasso and Oscar Wilde made it their poison of choice. Poison is exactly what European ...

"Step back into the belle époque and beckon the green fairy: absinthe is having a renaissance," said Victoria Brzezinski in The Times. The heady spirit has been "reappearing in drinking dens" up ...

The parade is followed by the Absinthe Ball at the Fillmore. Its theme is Candy Hearts Run Free. There’s entertainment by the ...

Three Mardi Gras foot parades, Krewe Bohéme, Krewe du Vieux, bring romance, naughtiness, and miniature charm to New Orleans ...

A story about the history and evolution of absinthe, from 1730 to 1915. The Green Fairy will take you on one hell of a trippy ride through time as it details not just the history of the notorious ...

After falling a little too far into an absinthe bottle, Dvořák receives a visit from the ghost of composer Frédéric Chopin (Peachey) and a bevy of green fairies led by Tori Spero as a wry ...

One is Quo Vadis in Soho, another is Nightjar in Old Street, another the Green Bar at Wilde’s old haunt, Hotel Café Royal. At ...

At both, the green fairy is served a la Belle Epoque, in a glass urn to be shared and tickled adoringly by sugar. The bartenders here will serve you absinthe in a glass. Or they will mix you a ...