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 ...

We have absinthe?!” They had some of the same questions that underpin the mythology surrounding the spirit, such as “Isn’t that illegal?” and “Doesn’t it make you hallucinate?” ...

There’s also a recipe section of popular absinthe cocktails. Songy discusses and signs the book at 6 p.m. Monday, April 17, at Garden District Book Shop (find tickets at gardendistrictbookshop.com).

It’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon and I am trying to get a good louche going, the cloudy effect that occurs when cold water is slowly added to absinthe and its essential oils rouse from the ...

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 ...

The Absinthe Suissesse first emerges in 1900 ... It’s unclear who first added the milk, but all signs point to Brennan’s Restaurant in New Orleans, which seems to have done so to evoke ...