Absinthe spurred Van Gogh to remove ear; now liquor is in a store near you. Dec. 21, 2007— -- Decadence and debauchery. Mayhem and murder. Absinthe, the legendary drink and muse of the Moulin ...

1 New Year's Eve in the City-Get Ready to Dine and Party 2 Café Centro To Host Two New Year’s Eve Dinner Parties With Live Music Broadwayworld Food and Wine recently visited the marvelous Immersive ...

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 ...

Toward the end of his short life, painter Vincent Van Gogh consumed a steady diet of intoxicants. Chief among them was absinthe, a potent, pale green, anise-tinged spirit that was all the rage at the ...

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 ...

From roughly 1860 to 1890, French wine drinkers were under assault. A blight called phylloxera had nearly decimated the country’s vineyards and the nation’s wine industry. What wine remained in shops ...

Van Gogh’s Haunted Mind: Alcohol, Absinthe, and the Madness That Consumed Him The colors swirled and pulsed before his eyes: electric blues, starburst yellows, deep, bottomless blacks. The world did ...