When it comes to absinthe — the mythical green-hued spirit — there’s plenty of history, lore, and plenty of enticing cocktail recipes to go around. There are also quite a few misconceptions ...

Let’s say you’re cooking dinner for your significant other. Wine is poured, candles are lit, music is playing, it’s all going well. The recipe calls for some gentle heat from a few slices of jalapeño, ...

Here’s some solid life advice: Don’t get into a sword-fight with Zorro, don’t get in a gun-fight with John Wick and if Ernest Hemingway offers you a drink that he fixed himself, pass. How deeply that ...

Named for a popular Broadway play, the Arsenic and Old Lace is a floral, Martini-style cocktail made with London dry gin, dry vermouth, crème de violette, and absinthe. Learn why this forgotten ...

March 5, don’t you know, is National Absinthe Day. Well, that’s the word on the street — the Wormwood Society, devoted to all things absinthe-y, doesn’t say a thing about it. Rimbaud loved it, so that ...

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com In my recent journey to find and make the best cocktails in San ...

Marielle Songy is a New Orleans food writer and her new book, “The Absinthe Frappe,” is the latest in LSU Press’s series about famous New Orleans cocktails. Songy explores the history of absinthe, ...