When I was in my twenties, all my friends were artists; Some were painters, some were sculptors, and others were writers and musicians. We would spend early evenings at galleries or book signings, ...

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 ...

Tales of the Cocktail and New Orleans are proud to host the opening of the Absinthe Museum of America. It will be the first of its kind in the United States to not only showcase the rare and extensive ...

At the fourth annual “Tales of the Cocktail” convention in New Orleans, authors, mixologists, students, and journalists gathered in the French Quarter to talk about cocktails, learn about cocktails, ...

Sometimes the Burning Question crew suspects that the editors wish us jail time, disfigurement, death or worse. It’s not that they necessarily hate us, mind you. They just have this thing about ...

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 ...

Cincinnati saloons rarely served absinthe in the French style, employing it more as an adjunct to alcoholic concoctions, like bitters. If you were to wander into one of Cincinnati’s tonier watering ...

“Death in the Afternoon,” a nonfiction work by Ernest Hemingway published in 1932, chronicles the history of bullfighting in Spain, examining the sport and ceremony, the grandeur and the tragedy. It ...

From roughly 1860 to 1890, French wine drinkers were under assault. A blight called phylloxera had nearly decimated the country’s vineyards and the nation’s wine industry. What wine remained in shops ...

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