However, this article is concerned primarily with the history of absinthe and parallels of this history with that of tobacco. 1 Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center ...

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 ...

In order to understand absinthe, you really have to look at this drink’s history and how it fell out of fashion not to mention the dark years as an illicit substance. You may have heard that ...

Absinthe; history in a bottle', by Barnaby Conrad, and 'The book of absinthe; a cultural history' by Phil Baker, or to www.oxygenee.com for more elaborate descriptions of the history of absinthe ...

For "The Absinthe Forger," Rail followed in the footsteps of Le Forgeur, traveling throughout Europe, talking to experts in ...

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 ...

The Absinthe Forger is a compilation of history, travel, science, art, vulnerability and the vagaries of human nature.

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]: ...

and the only absinthe in the history of the competition to reach platinum status. Making this Kentucky spirit, arguably, the best absinthe in the world. I first learned of this unexpected ...