Absinthe beguiled Van Gogh, Degas, Picasso, Wilde—and a modern-day swindler who tricked fellow devotees of the drink.

It is this latter aspect of the public reaction against absinthe that is of interest to public health professionals. It shows how general norms and values changed within a time frame of several ...

Absinthe, also called "the Green Fairy," is a strong botanical spirit that has earned an enchanting reputation as the lifeblood of tortured artists and poets, with an equally tantalizing shifting ...

Political and Economic Power of Absinthe Manufacturers and Tobacco Companies It was with the industrialization that the production of absinthe and tobacco led large masses to become dependent users.

Mon Dieu! France needed another drink. Rescue came in the form of absinthe, an alleged cure-all developed in 18th-century Switzerland. Absinthe required a base of spirits, not wine. To that base ...

Based on a true crime story, a new book by Prague-based author Evan Rail is a deep-dive into the mind-bending mystique of the ...

It’s true. Cincinnati had its devotees of “La Fee Verte,” the “Green Fairy” so beloved of habitués of the Parisian demi-monde. According to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette [4 February 1894]: ...