A martini is classically made with gin and a rinse of vermouth, but you can make it with vodka if you prefer. For a dry martini, add less vermouth.

“You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini,” is a classic trope uttered online, in print, in cinema and all the time in bars, especially when it is raining outside. And if you ...

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The dry martini is one of the simplest cocktail recipes in existence. Of course, it now has endless variations — many of them quite good. But that essential recipe is very basic. It’s a mix of dry gin ...

The Dirty Martini is a true classic. The elixir of dry gin, dry vermouth (the two key ingredients of a “dry” martini), and olive brine work wonders together in a glass. The collision of dry botanicals ...

THE making of a martini raises so many alluring questions: Does shaking spoil the taste of the martini? Does stirring get the drink cold enough? Should the bartender put on an exciting show, or should ...

Mr. Munoz created the restaurant’s Dirty E.V.O.O. Martini — olive oil-infused vodka, brine from feta and olives, dry vermouth ...

There are few better places in the world one might begin to self-identify as a martini drinker than at Musso & Frank Grill, the 106-year-old Hollywood statehouse for martini consumption. My conversion ...

From customers who try to pay for their drink with drugs, to patrons with oddly specific requests, to people who try to game the system for free drinks, working as a bartender leaves one with many ...