These days, absinthe has become synonymous with forgotten nights in Paris and foxy green fairies. With my knowledge of the infamous green drink limited to pop culture myths and Moulin Rouge, I ...

The French brought their love of absinthe with them to New Orleans, which explains why the city's Southern Food and Beverage Museum has a large exhibit devoted to the drink.

Here, we’ll go over everything from what absinthe really is to how to drink it and much more. While you’re at it, it’s time for these retro cocktails to make a comeback.

Arthur Boothe, co-owner of Death in the Afternoon, with a French Drip absinthe drink, in the recently opened bar, at 930 North Mills Avenue, on Wednesday, November 15, 2023.

But the drink — which under French law must be called "Absinthe-based spirit" in order to be sold legally — remains extremely rare in French bars and cafes where it once rivaled wine in ...

The stereotype of absinthe as a hallucinatory drug dates all the way back to the 1860s, when a series of questionably conducted lab experiments by French psychiatrist and absinthe detractor ...

T he ban on absinthe in 1915 paved the way for the rise of pastis, a beloved French aperitif that remains a cultural icon ...