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Want to Escape to Italy? Try an Aperol Cocktail

We're always seduced by the bright, gorgeous color of Campari—plus the fact that it makes us feel like we could be on a yacht in the Mediterranean—but we don't really love the strong, bitter ta...

The Jacobin (and other Bastille-Storming Drink Ideas)
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Tuesday is Bastille Day - or le quatorze juillet (14th July), as it's often more expediently known in modern France. In honor of the occasion, a friend asked me if I could design a cocktail and call ...

Liquor To Have On Hand Even If You Don't Drink

We always seem to be the odd man (or woman rather) out at parties because we don't drink. But that doesn't mean we don't have a well stocked liquor cabinet! Why would we need it around if we aren't...

Cocktail Recipe: The Paloma

It seems blasphemous during the summer to suggest that one might tire of margaritas... But. If you're looking for something different and yet in the same vein, the paloma is a great alternative. Do yo...

Look! Spherical Ice
Gourmet

We've seen these big, floating orbs on occasion in super fancy cocktails at super fancy bars. Gourmet has a good reason why you should use them (not just for looks) and a not-too-expensive source... ...

Summer Entertaining: How to Build a Basic Bar
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Maybe you’ve been known to make the occasional Gin and Tonic at home, but leave the Mojitos, Caipirinhas, and Margaritas to the pro bartenders to mix up. Or maybe you’re already a master of half a...

Bar Tour: Pravda Infuses Russian Mystique
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Something’s brewing in NYC’s Nolita. Hidden away down a narrow flight of concrete steps off Lafayette St. is Pravda, an atmospheric Russian bar-bistro. Infused with the rich, warm tones of well-...

A Lexicon of Cocktail Terms (And a Recipe for a Gin Julep)
The New York Times

We've been promoting our own well-stocked inventory of cocktail recipes lately, so this article in today's Times was right up our alley. It's a list of terms, some of them as basic as ice, but ther...

Summer Cocktails! The Full Roundup

Last year around this time we went on a major summer cocktail kick. There were gin gimlets, spiked boba, alcoholic vanilla milkshakes, mango coladas, drinks with basil and lemon and all other sorts of...

Recipe Roundup: White Sangria

Oh, red sangria, that feisty, hot-blooded attention hog. White sangria—its fairer, sweeter cousin—deserves a little time in the spotlight. It's not exactly traditional (sangria gets its name from ...

A Snow Cone-Like Cocktail from the 1950s
Gourmet

Gourmet has been running favorite cocktails from the 1940s to today, and this one (from November 1959) caught our eye immediately. Big surprise, huh? It looks like a rainbow slushy. But don't be foole...

Food & Wine Cocktails 2009
Book Review 2009

Along with all those juicy, red strawberries and tart, crisp rhubarb stalks filling the markets right now, here's another welcome seasonal arrival: Food & Wine Magazine's annual cocktail guide. ...

Summer Cocktail: Pimm's Italiano with Mint, Lemon, Cucumber, and Fernet Branca

Summer is definitely cocktail time for us. We don't tend to drink so many cocktails in the fall and winter; beer and wine are more common then. But summer is all cocktails, and every summer we look fo...

Tall, Cool Drinks for a Relaxing Long Weekend
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Memorial Day weekend's almost here. These last lazy days of May call for something tall, cool, and refreshing. Something that's quick and easy to mix so you can get back to that very important job of ...

All About Gin and Tonics
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

The tinkle of ice. The scent of fresh-cut lime and the cool, bittersweet, tongue-tickling effervescence of that first sip. A perfectly seamless blend of crisp, junipery gin and thirst-quenchingly zest...

Recipe Roundup: Cocktails for Brunch
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday - and there’s a whole summer’s worth of lazy weekend mornings stretching out ahead of us. Seems like just the right time to look at some tall, cool, brunch-able dri...

Mother's Day Cocktail: Hibiscus Mimosa

Are you planning a brunch or lunch for Mother's Day? What are you serving? Do you have drinks planned yet? We have a whole post of Mother's Day cocktails coming up for you on Friday, but here's an ear...

Cinco de Mayo Recipe: Mango Michelada

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Today is a great excuse to eat plenty of Mexican food. Do you love Mexican food? If so you're right there with Michelle Obama, who said yesterday that it is her "favorite food in ...

All About Margaritas
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner. Why not get things started a little early this weekend with a Margarita? A cool, thirst-quenching combination of tart and sweet, accented by the warmth of teq...

Mint Juleps for Kentucky Derby Day

Mint juleps have their moment in the sun come Saturday, when people who don't normally muddle sugar and mint with bourbon will be doing just that (and looking for silver julep cups) in honor of the Ke...

Favorite Spring Cocktail: Gibsons - with Ramps!
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Take a Martini, that sublime mixture of cool, crisp gin and dry vermouth, and garnish it with a pickled onion instead of a green olive. Now you have a Gibson. But what if that delicately savory, cru...

All About Aperitifs
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

It’s finally Friday. Spring is coming into full, glorious bloom, and Tax Day is - for better or for worse - behind us. Why not start off the weekend with a bright, refreshing aperitif?...

Recipe Review: Earl Grey MarTEAni
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Another title for this post might’ve been “The Earl Grey MarTEAni Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Mix My Favorite Cocktail.” I don’t know about you, but there are plenty drinks I love t...

Infused Vodkas (and DIY Tips!) from Sub Rosa Spirits
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

Here at The Kitchn, we’ve talked a lot about the welcome new “culinary” approach to cocktail-making. About the growing interest in cooking up homemade syrups and garnishes, in juicing fresh, sea...

Maple Syrup Cocktails: A Sweet Way to Celebrate Spring
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

It’s sugaring-off season. As spring creeps across the maple forests of the Northeast, the sweet, watery sap is rising, ready to be tapped from the trees and boiled down to a dark, rich syrup. So wh...

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