Elevate your holiday drinks with creative garnishes that add visual appeal and flavor, making them festive and unique. Use seasonal ingredients like sugar-frosted fruit, spices, and fresh herbs to ...

Over the last decade, at various events in California wine country, I'd begun running into Scott Beattie, the beverage director at Barndiva in Healdsburg and partner at Goose & Gander in St. Helena, ...

Fresh garnishes are easy to make at home with just a kitchen knife and a vegetable peeler. Fresh ingredients work best for garnishes because they provide the best possible color, flavor and aroma. The ...

When it comes to Martinis, are you on Team Twist? Or Team Olive? Does your heart sink if a Manhattan arrives with a lemon or orange twist rather than a cherry because you forgot to specify? Garnishes ...

Consider the martini’s olives, the Gibson’s onion, the Manhattan’s cherry or the julep’s particularly lavish mint bouquet. Each of these cocktails, and many others, would not be complete without their ...

When crafting an old fashioned, the whiskey you use (whether bourbon or rye whiskey), the sugar, the Angostura bitters, and the water are all important to the overall flavor profile of the drink. But ...

A British explorer who lost his toes to frostbite has decided to donate the detached digits to a bar in the Yukon Territory — where they’ll be used to garnish the establishment’s signature (and ...

Upgrade your garnishes with tips from bartenders around the country to make your cocktails stand out at parties this season. “A garnish needs to enhance the drinking experience,” says Ian Alexander, ...