Why did absinthe get such a foothold in the belle époque? It’s all from the myth of the green fairy. Due to the drink’s medicinal origins and sky-high proof, there’s long been the belief that absinthe ...

la Fée Verte (the green fairy). Absinthe’s mystique grew when luminaries like Van Gogh, Degas, Picasso and Oscar Wilde made it their poison of choice. Poison is exactly what European ...

"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 ...

Absinthe. The name alone conjures glamorous ... emerald-hued spirit lovingly nicknamed ‘the Green Fairy’ has a history as dramatic and colourful as its most famous fans. Ernest Hemingway ...

A story about the history and evolution of absinthe, from 1730 to 1915. The Green Fairy will take you on one hell of a trippy ride through time as it details not just the history of the notorious ...

We also have a couple of very big restaurant weeks in the Northwest suburbs, and March 5 is National Absinthe Day, so head to Western Springs to toast the green fairy. The Lenten season is almost ...

Why did absinthe get such a foothold in the belle époque? It’s all from the myth of the green fairy. Due to the drink’s medicinal origins and sky-high proof, there’s long been the belief ...