To many of us, this isn’t a question so much as a riddle, like a Buddhist kōan. What could be better than a Martini? A well-made Martini is a stunning and profound thing, cold and crisp and clear as a ...

Don’t you just love a drink with an edible garnish?

An upside-down martini is the perfect light and tasty summer sipper accompanied by cheese boards, olives, nuts, or your ...

This briny blue cheese martini recipe features the classic fixings of a good vodka martini along with stuffed olives and ...

Tiffanie Barriere’s go-to, spirit-forward cocktail is a gin Martini. “Dry, crisp, and elegant, with a lemon twist,” she says. The bartender, educator, and drinks historian attributes it to her ...

The dirty martini -- a mix of gin or vodka and olive brine -- is one of life's guilty pleasures. Simple, fun, social, a bit of a '90s throwback, it's immensely popular and eminently drinkable and ...

It’s entirely absent from the major cocktail books of the last 15 years, save for a historical explainer by David Wondrich. Even the big cocktail YouTubers don’t touch it. The content-hungry creators ...

There are many ways to make a martini. Shaken or stirred. Vodka or gin. Wet, dry, bone-dry. But no matter how you make it, few, if any, have the cult following that the dirty martini has right now: ...

Character matters—in a person and in a vodka—just ask Cardrona Distillery founder Desiree Reid. Reid grew so weary of the neutered taste in vodka, a spirit we must admit is distilled to have little to ...