Absinthe took on legendary status in late 19th-Century Paris among bohemian artists and writers. They believed it expanded consciousness with psychedelic effects and called it “the Green Fairy ...

Absinthe, often called "the green fairy," is steeped in history, myth and mystique, making it one of the most intriguing beverages ever created.

Could it conjure a Green Fairy, like in Moulin Rouge? Absinthe is a drink of legends, banned from the United States for almost a century, but it might just be some really strong booze.

The LEGENDARY green beverage known as absinthe was once forbidden fruit in the U.S., enjoyed only by those swigging from a smuggled bottle.

Absinthe was an aperitif made from alcohol and distilled herbs, particularly fennel, hyssop, green anise, grand wormwood and the lesser petite wormwood.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec put bottles of absinthe in his paintings. Writers galore -- Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Baudelaire, Ernest Hemingway -- danced with the green fairy.

A new study may end the century-old controversy over what ingredient in absinthe caused the exotic green aperitif's supposed mind-altering effects and toxic side-effects when consumed to excess ...

Instead, after watching the scene where the artists drink absinthe and apparently hallucinate a green fairy seducing them to the party that rages in the city they overlook, my only thought was ...

The green fairy is dead. She's lying on the ground with a dagger in her heart. Standing beside her, a cleric indicates the time of the killing: midnight, October 7, 1910. The label of the absinthe ...

The Green Fairy assists Wanda Widdles as she creates her own cocktail for guests during a Vegas Uncork'd event with Absinthe on Saturday, May 11, 2019, in Las Vegas.

Shrouded in mystique and just a touch of mayhem, absinthe is the main ingredient in the drink that is the focus of a book signing and sipping event April 17 at Garden District Book Shop. "The ...

Absinthe is enjoying a renaissance with London bars adding it to the menu - but here's how best to drink the green fairy at home.