As mentioned earlier, the Bee’s Knees is a Daiquiri-style cocktail. There are five other fundamental cocktail styles: Martini ...

Last year, I was brainstorming ideas for a cocktail menu with a friend and consulting partner, when he asked me if I’d ever tried making a Martini with an olive oil-washed gin. I said yes ...

Then infuse it according to the instructions below and have fun. You can certainly make a standard Martini with it (gin and dry vermouth), but I think it really shines with a touch more richness and ...

Kingsley Amis wrote a deep dive story in Food & Wine about the history of gin, how to drink gin, why writers love gin, and why gin may have once been slightly poisonous. Kingsley Amis is one of the ...

It might be okay for a Vesper martini (which is 3 parts gin, 1 part vodka, and 1/2 part Lillet), but it's certainly not for ...

Hirsch is a James Beard Award-winning food and travel writer and the editorial director of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, ...

Add gin, vermouth, and olive brine. Vigorously stir until very cold, 30 to 45 seconds. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Skewer olives and place in glass. Serve cold.

Marion Lougheed discusses storytelling and martini "building" and explains how the telling detail in your story is the olive ...

Bartenders know how to make the classic cocktail, and customers know how they like to order it. When a restaurant puts a martini on its menu, it's making a statement.