Cocktail

The best reward for walloping a bag of ice is this drink—it’s like a grown-up snow cone.

No need to buy preflavored vodka; we got great results making our own.

Audrey Saunders of the famed Pegu Club taught us how to make the perfect martini. Learn her magic.

Yes, you can use regular oranges, but don’t you just love the color you get from blood oranges?!

You know what people want to do at weddings? Drink. So let them.

When bartenders and distilleries come together, one-of-a-kind spirits are created, and everyone wins.

Scared of martinis? Don't be. These recipes are here for you.

Cocktail barkeeps around the country will happily mix up off-menu specialties upon request, but how many of those “off the cuff” concoctions are planned vs. improvised?

The hardest things to master are often the simplest. Take the martini.

Our favorite reader-requested cocktail is a refreshing, drinkable spin on one of our favorite salads.

The Lower East Side gets its first cider-focused bar this week. Here’s the story behind Wassail.

Seasonal fruit and some soda water are all you need to get your bubble fix at home.

Mix up one of these refreshing homemade sodas and we bet you'll never crave the canned stuff again.

This is your starter martini. Try it if you want to be a martini-drinker but aren't quite there yet.

Lillet softens the punch of the other spirits in this entry-level martini. Play with the ratios and add a splash more of Lillet if you prefer.

These breezy cocktails are the kind of thing you can drink all afternoon.

Saunders created this drink for Dori Bryant, "a whiskey-drinking lady." This recipe differs from the classic "Smoky Martini" because she added Pernod.

Long the sideman, vermouth breaks out as a solo act.

The recipe doesn’t say to add a shot of Baileys, but we have a feeling you wouldn’t regret doing so.

Try this one out on your Campari and soda lovers.

You're one bright cocktail away from a mini tropical vacation in a glass.

The hot toddy is not simply a mixture of hot water and booze. It’s a miracle worker, a doctor, and a life coach in a cup. And although it does seem to do the trick for everything from a sore throat to a cough, it’s just as good when you’re healthy. This version—from Damon Boelte, bar manager at Prime Meats restaurant in Brooklyn—omits the usual honey or sugar and plays up the herbal and spicy notes instead.

Find dried hibiscus flowers at Mexican grocery stores, or buy tea bags at the supermarket.

Just when you finally figured out the coffee scene, hot chocolate gets the single-origin treatment too.