Cocktail Quest

I am a big martini fan. A big part of that is the gin--I do love gin. But I also love vermouth. When I was in France I would often have a gl...

Our friend Charles Baker certainly knew how to get into a couple of scrapes. He outlines many of them in his tales, but perhaps none is so m...

Recently I was brainstorming drinks for an informal dinner party, and the Stork Club Cocktail popped into my head. If you haven't tried ...

As with any newly made syrup, the problem instantly becomes how do I use it? Fortunately since apples are so versatile, the potential applic...

A barrel is a naturally evolving environment. As a spirit ages, the organic nature of the wood allows oxygen to interact with all of the com...

I love making homemade ingredients. All it takes is one idea--pepper syrup, rhubarb bitters, strawberry liqueur, lime cordial--and I'm o...

You should never judge a cocktail solely on the way that its recipe reads. I have been disappointed by cocktails that on paper sounded delic...

Lately, my thoughts have been lingering on the idea of bittersweet. Essentially composed of two opposing adjectives mashed together, its ori...

Usually in the dead of winter, my cocktail cravings all have one thing in common: sweet vermouth. Whether it's a Martinez, a Palmetto, o...

In October, while Tracy and I were spending a wonderful two weeks in Paris, I was hell bent on visiting  Harry's New York Bar. With such...

Choosing between the different flavor profiles of bitters wasn't the only option available for early bartenders seeking to differentiate...

Despite its recent popularity, the Corpse Reviver No. 2 was once on the edge of extinction, as were most corpse revivers and classic cocktai...

Some cocktails are just unforgettable. They stand out like planets against the starry night sky, luminous, non-flickering orbs. You remember...

Morning restoratives, or corpse revivers, were initially created when someone had the brilliant thought to combine bitters with their mornin...

Some cocktail recipes just scream off the page, "I am wonderful. Make me now!" And then there are the ones that don't look lik...