Cocktail, cocktail, cocktail, cocktail......
Tooker Alley takes it cocktails seriously — it says so on the old-timey menu, which offers a drink-by-drink history of the martini, including its predecessor the Martinez and other cocktail variations.
He started early that evening by making a Bull Shot cocktail, a variation on the Bloody Mary.
Jerry had a hand in the creation of many drinks and was the first to record the emergence of the cocktail and its variations in "The Bon Vivant's Companion: Or How to Mix Drinks," written in 1887.
This three-drug cocktail (with some variations) was used throughout the U.S. for about 30 years.
Comme Ça: They're gussying up the cocktail with two variations.
Pur? Variation: For cocktail sauce, whisk together the following: 3 4 cup ketchup, 2 3 cup (homemade) mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish, 1 tablespoon orange juice and salt to taste.
While I was researching my dream bar, I learned that our words for cocktail and nightcap are variations on the European words apertif and digestif.
A restaurant from Charleston, South Carolina, sells this cocktail different from other variations: "seedless cucumber, [garnished] cucumber slice, mint leaves, gin, tonic water, and ice".
For a lighter variation of the cocktail, substitute club soda for the lemon-lime soda.
