By JIM SABATASO | STAFF Editor’s note: This part of an ongoing series exploring the history of various cocktails the author likes to make for happy hour. Enjoy responsibly. Few drinks have the classic cocktail cachet of the Manhattan. By most accounts, it was the first — of the modern era — and, while others have gone…
By JIM SABATASO | STAFF Editor’s note: This part of a series exploring the history of various cocktails the author likes to make for happy hour. Enjoy responsibly. For today’s lesson, we’ll be exploring the storied past of the Martini, a cocktail HL Mencken once called the “the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet.” I couldn’t…
By JIM SABATASO | STAFF Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories exploring the history of various cocktails the author likes to make for happy hour. Enjoy responsibly. For our first Happy Hour History, let’s start with something tropical to match my surroundings (I’m currently in Southwest Florida). Made with ginger beer and…
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