Silence has surrounded absinthe for almost a century, after it was banned. Nowadays it seems to be coming back in style, while most countries in the EU have lifted the ban on absinthe again. Absinthe ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No, it won't make your hallucinate. Yes, it is delicious. Sunyixun / Getty Images There is no spirit whose history is more steeped ...

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That Edgar Allan Poe abused alcohol regularly from his college days until his death at age 40 is of course well known, and described in many places including my recent post. What is less well ...

Evan Rail’s “The Absinthe Forger” takes the reader on a picaresque tour through the world of vintage alcohol collectors in pursuit of a fraudster. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the ...

Is There Something to Be Learned from the Absinthe Case? What we can learn from the example of absinthe in France (and by later experiences with smoking), is that social inequalities in health as a ...