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Posts tagged “Martini”

Product Review: TRU2 Organic Gin
Straight Up Cocktails and Spirits

I’m a big fan of gin - and of the Slow Food approach to mixing drinks - so when I heard about the launch of TRU2 Organic Gin this fall, I was eager to test-drive this new arrival. Before the bottle...

Straight Up: Lillet Blanc and James Bond Casino Royale (a.k.a. "Vesper") Martinis

Citrusy and spicy, with a honeyed texture and the golden color of a summer sunset, Lillet Blanc is the perfect pre-dinner patio drink for a lazy June day....

Straight Up: How to Make the Best Ice Cubes for Summer Cocktails

With the mercury tickling the top of the thermometer this week, today at Straight Up, it's All About Ice. All ice cubes are not created equal. And while you might not know it, these little frozen blo...

Cocktail Inspiration: How To Infuse Vodka

Last weekend, we gave you enough cocktail recipes to keep you busy all summer long (you can get the full roundup here). If you want to spike those drinks with something special, why not try infusing...

Spring and Summer Drinks: Cocktails with Basil

Basil really does scream summer to us — mostly because it's so closely linked to tomatoes (in our minds, at least). On a trip to Sonoma Valley last year, we kept seeing basil on cocktail menus. An...

Straight Up: DIY Cocktail Onions

There's nothing like the briny crunch of a cocktail onion to complement a Gibson's bracing coolness (in fact, garnished any other way, the drink would just be called a Martini). We like to leave ours ...

Video: Make Your Own Cocktail Onions with Art

Kitchen reader Art won the Waring Pro Electric Martini Machine. Last night Art sent us this video showing his cocktail onion recipe and the martini machine hard at work. "Advantage: no hands shaking,"...

The Celluloid Pantry: Dirty Martinis and Sabrina (1954)

Was director Billy Wilder a kitchen renegade? Maybe. Let's take a look at the evidence so far: We've already witnessed Sugar Kane's (Marilyn Monroe) cocktail improvisation in Wilder's 1959 classic, S...