Few spirits have a more mysterious and convoluted reputation than absinthe. This Swiss spirit is nicknamed "la fée verte" or ...

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

"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 ...

Van Gogh’s Haunted Mind: Alcohol, Absinthe, and the Madness That Consumed Him The colors swirled and pulsed ... Let's make a differential diagnosis. The Green Devil: Alcohol and Absinthe as ...