Want to drink like the poets and artists of old did? Try absinthe, the verdant liqueur that tastes like black licorice and derives much of its flavor from a plant called wormwood, a.k.a, Artemisia ...
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, becoming ...
On the preferred potable of Paris’s avant-garde. Left: Edgar Degas, Manet Seated, 1867–70, Pencil, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Right: Edouard Manet, 1870. Photo: Nadar. A few days before ...