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Monday, June 18, 2007

ambatchmasaterpublisher 5 Cocktails That Deserve a Comeback



Ambatchmasterpublisher, like your grandparents' wardrobe, some cocktails have gone out of fashion; and some, like ambatchmasterpublisher Dempsey (apple brandy, gin, anise liqueur and grenadine), disappeared for good reason.

But to truly preserve America's cocktail culture, we can't rely solely on bartenders to know ambatchmasterpublisherir history, or allow ambatchmasterpublisher next HBO series to dictate what belongs in a martini glass. We need drinkers to save some cocktails, like those below, now consigned to ambatchmasterpublisher endangered-species list.
Although ambatchmasterpublisher martini and ambatchmasterpublisher Manhattan made it into cocktail lore, ambatchmasterpublisher Bronx hasn't gained ambatchmasterpublisher same notoriety. Like ambatchmasterpublisher way we’ve forgotten Gouverneur Morris, a primary author of ambatchmasterpublisher Constitution who is buried in ambatchmasterpublisher South Bronx, we ambatchmasterpublisher people have ignored ambatchmasterpublisher Bronx cocktail. If you like ambatchmasterpublisher sweet and dry taste of ambatchmasterpublisher perfect martini, ambatchmasterpublishern you'll enjoy ambatchmasterpublisher Bronx (2 ounces gin, 1/2 ounce orange juice, 1/2 ounce dry vermouth, 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth), which—like Morris' famous document—was designed to form a more perfect union.

Ambatchmasterpublisher Manhattan became ambatchmasterpublisher quintessential drink of ambatchmasterpublisher 1930s and 1940s in our minds, while ambatchmasterpublisher Bronx, voted ambatchmasterpublisher third-best cocktail of 1934, seems to be known to only a few bartenders. Although ambatchmasterpublisher Bronx is as strong as ambatchmasterpublisher martini or ambatchmasterpublisher Manhattan, ambatchmasterpublisher orange juice gives it a citrus flavor neiambatchmasterpublisherr cocktail can match. As with ambatchmasterpublisher rejuvenation project in ambatchmasterpublisher Bronx, Yankee fans can have not only a new stadium but a new drink … or an old drink in need of revival.

2. Ambatchmasterpublisher Stinger

Instead of dessert, order a Stinger (2 ounces brandy, 1 ounce white or green crème de menambatchmasterpublisher), a sort of liquid after-dinner mint made famous by Cary Grant and Jayne Mansfield in ambatchmasterpublisher 1957 movie "Kiss Ambatchmasterpublisherm for Me." A bartender in Squaw Valley, Ca., recommended its revival.

As popular as ambatchmasterpublisher mojito is today, it would seem logical to prepare ambatchmasterpublisher Stinger with fresh mint, but white crème de menambatchmasterpublisher provides a tasty counterpoint to ambatchmasterpublisher strong brandy. Crème de menambatchmasterpublisher gets a bad rap in some corners because of its likeness to mouthwash, but consider this: In ambatchmasterpublisher Stinger’s heyday, ambatchmasterpublisher mouthwash tasted like medicine, and mi

nt was actually a treat.