Making and Drinking Cocktails

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Cocktails are back in vogue in the bars, restaurants and suburban homes of the British Isles. Gin and tonic, rum and coke, whisky and water all may do the job, but in their dull predictability they're being pushed aside in favour of the effervescent colour of the cocktail, with its alluring mix of sophistication, exoticism, and sheer tastiness.

March's Most Popular Articles...

How to Make a Vodka Martini: You'd think it should be very simple: a martini is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth; a vodka martini is a cocktail made with vodka and vermouth. But… [54 views in Mar]
A Zombie Cocktail Recipe: Donn Beach, formerly known as Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gannt created the Zombie cocktail in the mid 1930s. He made it in his restaurant for a friend before his… [52 views in Mar]
Manhattan Cocktail: It has been suggested that the Manhattan originated at the Manhattan Club in New York in the early 1870s. Lady Randolph Churchill, Winston's mother, hosted a banquet in… [26 views in Mar]
Cocktail Party Themes: What do Holly Golightly, James Bond and Del Boy have in common? They all love a good cocktail. And we've got a themed cocktail party to suit each of them. Of course… [22 views in Mar]
A Sidecar Cocktail: The Sidecar was invented in a bar in Paris during World War I for a customer. The customer was an American Army captain and was driven to and from the bar in a… [20 views in Mar]
How to Make Jungle Juice: Jungle Juice is, in essence, a fruit punch – but a fruit punch with a kick that a mule would envy! It became popular in New York and in college campuses… [18 views in Mar]