When you think of absinthe, thoughts of the green fairy, hallucinations and late 19th century artists like Hemmingway, Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh are probably top of mind. But, with the rise of ...

To hear Hollywood tell it, just a few swigs of absinthe is enough to send you on a hallucinogenic trip. Then there's Vincent Van Gogh. He cut off his ear after drinking it. Many wild stories and myths ...

It's been called the "Green Fairy" and the "Green Muse." It is suspected that it inspired Vincent Van Gogh to cut off part of his ear and send it to a prostitute. Oscar Wilde said, "After the first ...

Want to party like it’s 1899? Well, now you can–sort of. After nearly a century-long ban on absinthe in the U.S., a federal agency has begrudgingly allowed two European distillers to sell the ...