"To call a drink a martini," he says, "it should just be gin and vermouth.
The best silly fact in "The Joy of Mixology" concerns a drink, if it can be called a drink, for which I have expressed nothing but contempt.
And Ms. Carpenter proffered a delicate balsa wood model of what she called a drink trough, which would turn out to be two steel plates welded into a V-shaped container, set on steel pipe legs arranged in a series of angles.
The music here, by Jermaine Dupri, is minimal, simply a backdrop for the jokes about the paradoxical pleasures of spending thousands of dollars on an accessory that spends most of its time in the dark: "If I can call it a drink, call it a Smile on the Rocks.
She is what, in some circles, is called a tall drink of water.
PG Tips is not what you might call a delicate drink – its popularity reflects the British taste for tea as a pick-me-up rather than a subtle pleasure.
Once a month, Father Folly lays a table near the front door of his church and invites his parishioners for what he calls a "friendship drink" with red wine, snacks and candies for the children.
Back in her single days, writer Zara Barrie almost always threw back what she called a "personality drink" prior to a first date.
Peter Lawrie says he suffered a huge slump in form while trying to address what he calls a fizzy drinks addiction.
Which really does call for a drink.
