The potent emerald-green blend of wormwood, green anise and fennel, known as “the Green Fairy”, was once celebrated by the French society, including artists from Baudelaire to Van Gogh. By the early ...

The potent emerald-green blend of wormwood, green anise and fennel, known as "the Green Fairy," was once celebrated by French society, including artists from Baudelaire to Van Gogh. By the early 1900s ...

Chicagoans are bitter. We’re other things, too: brave, resourceful, imaginative, animated—but we’re bitter as hell. Maybe it’s the winters. They’re not as bad as those in other midwestern cities, but ...

Lisa Cericola has been on staff at Southern Living since 2015. As Deputy Editor, Lisa manages the food and travel departments and edits those sections of each issue, as well as digital content.

No, it won't make your hallucinate. Yes, it is delicious. Lucy Simon is a New York-based wine, spirits, and food writer has been with Food & Wine since the spring of 2021. There is no spirit whose ...

Reader Bites celebrates dishes, drinks, and atmospheres from the Chicagoland food scene. Explore all of our favorites at chicagoreader.com/food/reader-bites. The ...

March is here, and here is your monthly roundup of key Bellingham events, festivals, trivia nights and live music this month. For a complete list of Whatcom County ...

The misunderstood spirit has a long history. When enjoyed the proper way, it’s absolutely delicious. “On both continents, absinthe became widely viewed as an icon of Parisian bohemian culture, reviled ...

"Step back into the belle époque and beckon the green fairy: absinthe is having a renaissance," said Victoria Brzezinski in The Times. The heady spirit has been "reappearing in drinking dens" up and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Absinthe Forger by Evan Rail includes two parallel narratives—an investigation into the mentality and doings of an accused forger, and an exploration into the layered, multifaceted world of the ...