Once a gathering place for pirates, voodoo women, and other colorful characters, New Orleans’ Aleix’s Coffee House rebranded itself to honor the drink that put it on the map: the absinthe frappé. First mixed by Cayetano Ferrer in 1874, the cocktail is still on the menu at the 240 Bourbon Street tavern, which now bears the name Old Absinthe House. The building has another claim to fame: The negotiations that ended the War of 1812 were allegedly held on the second floor, stirring rumors that Andrew Jackson and Jean Lafitte’s ghosts stuck around to cause trouble.
Or maybe it was the purported hallucinogenic effects of absinthe that led to broken glasses and doors that opened on their own. In any case, you can now make the drink in your own absinthe house thanks to a new cookbook from paranormal investigator Amy Bruni, Food to Die For. Get the recipe below, and check out G&G’s interview with Bruni here.
