It was one of these nights that my best friend introduced me to absinthe. Absinthe has a reputation as an almost mystical spirit — one that's shrouded in myths of hallucinations and la fée ...

Political and Economic Power of Absinthe Manufacturers and Tobacco Companies It was with the industrialization that the production of absinthe and tobacco led large masses to become dependent users.

"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 ...