Not every hit during the holiday season has to be full of ho-ho-ho-ing and wrapped packages. Take "Absinthe, Opium & Magic," the colorful stage show from the Grand Guignolers. The show debuted during ...

The list of history’s famous absintheurs reads like a catalog of artistic genius, from the vibrant paintings of Vincent Van Gogh to the legendary short stories of Oscar Wilde and Ernest Hemingway. The ...

A Russian absinthe drinker suffered severe burns after a bartender accidentally set his head on fire. Shocking footage shows the moment Alexey Ponamarev’s face was covered in flames after the stunt — ...

Perhaps you already have your own absinthe story. You drank it in New Orleans one foggy night, too full of fumes to remember much aside from the cloudy green swirl of the drink as water drip-dropped ...

Pour absinthe into a champagne flute and add iced brut champagne until it clouds up -- at least 4 ounces. Short of foreign travel, if you lack the kind of decadent friends who engage in pretentious ...

Ever been seduced by the green fairy? Coaxed out from within her glass castle behind the bar, she'll expect no less than 45 to 180 yuan ($7.21 to $28.86) for her service in Beijing. Yet, bathed ...

One of my favorite parts of tending bar is clearing up misconceptions about alcohol. The biggest one has to be the old saw about beer before liquor or vice versa. (Answer: It doesn’t matter, except ...