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 ... Drinks connoisseurs should "stock a bottle in your home bar, because without one, you're ...