Kara Newman is a cocktails and spirits writer based in New York. In addition to her writing for Food & Wine, she is the spirits reviewer for Wine Enthusiast and has appeared in publications such as ...

Smooth Old Fashioned Cocktail As its name suggests, this classic cocktail is, indeed, old fashioned. But that doesn't make it any less fashion-able. The simple pairing of Angostura bitters, orange ...

Nonalcoholic cocktails have entered their Sophisticated Era. In recent years mocktails have evolved beyond simply combining juice, soda, and grenadine thanks to bartenders and producers embracing ...

“There are no second acts in American life.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald “Yes there are.” –The Fitzgerald Cocktail Yes, there are. Of course there are. F. Scott Fitzgerald was never more wrong than in this ...

Gin is a neutral spirit with tones of juniper and other botanicals that can serve as the base for a variety of cocktails.

The story goes like this: The Seelbach is a hotel in Louisville, opened in 1905 by Bavarian immigrant brothers Otto and Louis Seelbach, who had a mind to build a grand, European-style hotel in the ...

Welcome back to the Blended Summer drink series. I can only start out this week’s column by saying… Oh, man, do I love this drink. It’s one that I first discovered during my days behind the stick at ...

Does your summer drink need a little texture? Turns out, you can make a classic cocktail recipe foamy in a multitude of ways. Best, it’s not an overly complicated endeavor and the results are ...

This week on Good Food, Evan Kleiman talks to Brad Thomas Parsons, author of Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All. Below he describes how to make a Champagne Cocktail, his favorite use of ...

Inspired by the Penicillin, a modern classic, this frozen cocktail balances smoke, honey, and lemon. Prairie Rose is Food & Wine's senior drinks editor. A trained sommelier, cocktail book author, and ...

Icy mint juleps are as much as a tradition at the Kentucky Derby as fancy hats and blankets of roses. Plenty of visitors today at Churchill Downs will be ordering the icy libations as they watch the ...