"Absinthe is special. It's the only spirit that was banned in almost every country around the world for most of a century," says Evan Rail, whose latest book is, The Absinthe Forager: A True Story of ...

Few drinks have a reputation like absinthe. Banned in some countries for almost a century, the drink was supposedly a source of madness and crime, even blamed for artist Vincent van Gogh chopping ...

In his new book, The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and the World’s Most Dangerous Spirit, Evan Rail ...

A longtime contributor to the Travel section, Evan Rail is the author of "The Absinthe Forger." He lives in Prague. March 27, 2025 From its modest Celtic and Roman origins ...

Andrea Nguyen questions the accuracy of those Prop 65 warning labels on many foods. Evan Rail plays detective, looking back on an absinthe enthusiast who became a con artist. Restaurant critic Tom ...