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 ...

POPULAR LORE HAS IT that absinthe, the potent wormwood-flavored alcohol, causes hallucinations, epileptic-like attacks, and bouts of madness for those who drink it. Scientists studying absinthe in ...

As I sip a cold glass of absinthe, I can't help but think my surroundings are a little incongruous. The sun-dappled forest floor is thick with beech leaves. I'm standing at Fontaine à Louis, a ...

Absinthe, often called “the green fairy,” is an emerald-hued spirit steeped in myth, history and allure. It has captured the imaginations of artists, writers and connoisseurs for centuries, becoming ...