Despite sampling nearly every brand of absinthe available for sale in the United States, I have yet to see any green fairies outside of the LGBT contingent at the annual St. Patrick's Day parade. This ...

A piece written while inebriating oneself with absinthe. Read on as Elise test-tastes these fabulous absinthes...with interesting results! For many years people have believed that wormwood, or ...

No, it won't make your hallucinate. Yes, it is delicious. Lucy Simon is a New York-based wine, spirits, and food writer has been with Food & Wine since the spring of 2021. There is no spirit whose ...

Absinthe, a liqueur, is a combination of spirits and herbs, mainly fennel, anise, and a type of wormwood called Artemisia absinthium. That’s what it’s named after. Van Gogh and Picasso were big fans ...

While old wives tales of absinthe's hallucinogenic effects have likely been greatly exaggerated over the years (the compound responsible for these supposed effects, thujone has been found to be ...

As far as alcohol-related misinformation goes, the mythology around absinthe is some of the most egregious. Wormwood, the primary ingredient that gives absinthe its unmistakable botanical bitterness, ...

In a collaboration that will be sure to funk up your Mardi Gras, the almost entirely female Krewe Bohème selected singer Tarriona “Tank” Ball from the Tank and the Bangas to lead as monarch of its ...

The restaurant group behind Hayes Valley’s Absinthe has replaced their nearby restaurant Boxing Room with Barcino, substituting a menu inspired by New Orleans for one in the style of Barcelona.