A tropical blend of rich coconut cream, white rum and tangy pineapple - serve with an umbrella for kitsch appeal
Author: Good Food team
The old-fashioned is one of the oldest mixed drinks in the cocktail canon. (Original name: whiskey cocktail, which became old-fashioned whiskey cocktail,...
Author: Robert Simonson
We've made hundreds of thousands of bloody Marys over the decades at Prune, with 11 variations, and this classic base mix has been the stalwart, gleaming...
Author: Gabrielle Hamilton
Lipsmackingly sweet and sour, the Cosmopolitan cocktail of vodka, cranberry, orange liqueur and citrus is a good-time in a glass. Perfect for a party
Author: Alice Lascelles
This slushy cocktail is best made when strawberries are in season and at their ripest. With just four ingredients you can whip up this thirst quencher...
Author: Miriam Nice
Stir up this classic tequila cocktail for a party using tangy triple sec and lime juice. Don't forget to serve in a salt-rimmed martini glass
Author: Good Food team
A traditional whisky cocktail with bitters, soda water and a simple orange garnish. Serve in a tumbler with plenty of ice
Author: Good Food team
A classic cocktail recipe for those who like a touch of citrus sweetness. Blend vodka with orange liqueur, cranberry juice and lime, then serve in chilled...
Author: Good Food team
Mixing cocktails may seem intimidating, but it's actually quite intuitive once you understand how to balance the alcohol, sweetness and acidity. In "3-Ingredient...
Author: Alexa Weibel
In case you couldn't help but wonder, this more refined Cosmopolitan is not a robust red but a dusty pink, deeply chilled, and walks the line between sweet...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
Sometimes it seems there are as many Caesar recipes as there are Canadians of drinking age. The building blocks are usually the same: vodka, hot sauce,...
Author: Robert Simonson
This drink has nothing to do with the cartoon cat and mouse, or Jerry Thomas, the celebrated New York barman of the 1800s, who often boasted of inventing...
Author: Robert Simonson
Perhaps watermelon fans already know that a chilled wedge is not the only way to enjoy it. What about drinking it instead? Here, watermelon and strawberries...
Author: Florence Fabricant
A classy cocktail served in an elegant flute - this simple combination of peach purée and Prosecco makes a great start to any celebration
Author: Good Food team
There are many ways to make this classic winter drink. Using brown sugar is traditional, but maple syrup is awfully nice, too. Stirring in the butter with...
Author: Rosie Schaap
A classic kir is made with aligoté wine and crème de cassis (black currant liqueur), both of which come from the Burgundy region of France. Once you...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
Created by the New York bar expert Dale DeGroff, this is the ultimate wine cooler. It's refreshing and, contrary to what you might think, only lightly...
Author: Jane Black
This minimalist drink of sugar that's been soaked in bitters and topped with Champagne was first mentioned in Jerry Thomas's book 1862 "How to Mix Drinks."...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
Aaron Goldfarb, a liquor writer who was raised Jewish, was not introduced to the joys of eggnog until he married a woman who loved Christmas. Making a...
Author: Robert Simonson
Author: Jonathan Miles
While a classic gin fizz uses lemon juice, the sweet acidity of lime in this variation skews it toward a (very) frothy gimlet. To ensure plenty of that...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
Cavas, often blessed with notes of citrus and spring blossoms, are genial sparkling wines, all the more so because of their modest prices. They can be...
Author: Florence Fabricant
Author: Jonathan Reynolds
Whether you're sick in bed or fresh off the slopes, a hot toddy warms everything up. The classic formula of whiskey, sugar and hot water is like the steamy...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
This sweet 50/50 martini was created in the early 1900s by Ada Coleman, the head bartender at the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London. It combines...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
As white light is the combination of all wavelengths of color visible to the human eye, so too is Long Island iced tea the rainbow of high-proof liquors...
Author: Eric Kim
Mix vodka, orange juice concentrate and cranberry-tangerine juice in a pitcher and freeze for at least five hours.
Author: Jennifer Steinhauer And Helene Cooper
This sparkling, citrus cocktail is one to serve at a celebration. Blend clementine juice with vodka, orange liqueur and fizz
Author: Good Food team
This popular Michigan drink, which is thick and creamy and tastes like coffee ice cream, is credited to bartender Jerome Adams, who invented it one night...
Author: Robert Simonson
Verdant and herbaceous, this margarita is slightly more work than the classic, but you can produce it hours in advance. Some cocktail recipes call for...
Author: Alexa Weibel
Apples and oranges! They're often presented as exemplars of opposition, as though they have nothing in common. But both fruits make appearances on many...
Author: Rosie Schaap
Enjoy Tito's Handmade Vodka martini-style. Garnish with one or three olives, but never two.
Author: Tito's Handmade Vodka
With the Greek marinated cheese and olives on my mind I couldn't help but think of Ouzo. Ir would be great sipped with either of the above recipes. Here...
Author: Marsha Gardner
This flavorsome - and relatively fast - recipe comes from Los Angeles-based bartender Gabriella Mlynarczyk. Pickled onions are the classic garnish for...
Author: Rosie Schaap
The spirit base of this margarita is split between tequila and mezcal, which gives the final drink a deep, complex flavor, and provides an excellent excuse...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
Our version of the ultimate classic cocktail is stirred, not shaken. Serve your martini with a twist of lemon, or an olive
Author: Good Food team
If coziness has a fragrance, it's the aroma of red wine simmering on the stove with citrus and spices (and a little brandy for a bit more zing). Choose...
Author: Rosie Schaap
What's pink, pretty and packs a punch? This rosy riff on sangria, which is loaded with red and pink fruit for a festive, crowd-friendly treat. Be sure...
Author: Rosie Schaap
The Grasshopper served at Dante, a New York City cocktail bar, is a fairly straightforward affair, calling on the crème de menthe, crème de cacao and...
Author: Robert Simonson
The Tom Collins is perhaps the ultimate highball and one of history's most enduring cocktails. It was historically made with Old Tom gin, which is sweeter...
Author: Robert Simonson
One of the most exquisite exploitations of the blackberry is accomplished by teaming it with a little booze and presenting it in a sugar-rimmed martini...
Author: Jonathan Reynolds
The Gold Rush was created in the early aughts at Milk & Honey, the famed cocktail speakeasy on the Lower East Side in New York. It came to be when T.J....
Author: Robert Simonson
The pisco sour is sweet-tart, richly textured and crowned with a fluffy white top. The origins of the drink, a blend of pisco (a South American brandy),...
Author: Rebekah Peppler
Tequila, lime, a touch of orange: the Margarita is a perfect mixture, with or without salt.
Author: Rosie Schaap
The Dirty Shirley, a vodka-spiked variation on the classic, kid-friendly Shirley Temple, is a syrupy-sweet nostalgia trip for adults. Topped with a cheeky...
Author: Becky Hughes