During the peak of the pandemic, millions of people—us included—found comfort in a martini glass. But even more so in an unexpected place: Stanley Tucci’s Instagram profile. A former ...

prefers an extra-dry martini; that is, with vermouth stirred into ice in a beaker, then discarded (also known as a wash). But to distinguish our martini further from the straight vodka tasting ...

Nearly any martini can benefit from the addition of vermouth. But which vermouth brand will best suit your palate? Our in-house expert has some advice.

but guests also come in to order the classic cocktail extra-dry, wet, or “perfect.” Here's how to make other popular Martini styles, according to Caballero: Calls for 3 ½ ounces gin or vodka ...

To explain: There are no classic cocktails with vodka, because almost everything that we think of as a “classic cocktail” was invented between 1800 and 1919 or so, a period in which vodka was ...