
Cracking the Codex
When Cocktail Codex took home the James Beard Award for book of the year, it represented a milestone for the beverage category. What can we learn from its victory?
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Dylan + Jeni
When Cocktail Codex took home the James Beard Award for book of the year, it represented a milestone for the beverage category. What can we learn from its victory?
Alex Day, one of the minds behind a handful of NYC and LA bars, works in a cocktail lair outfitted like something from Willy Wonka's factory.
They may be a bit frilly and perhaps carry a whiff of your great-aunt's 4 p.m. gossip hour, but the spritz is not to be belittled. Here are five to…
A hybrid between a Daiquiri and a spritz, Alex Day's Pins & Needles combines aromatic rhum agricole with sweet, flowery Lillet Rosé and old-school sweetener pineapple gum.
A stirred combination of gin, Punt e Mes and Cynar, brightened with grapefruit and maraschino liqueur.
Across California, bartenders are grappling with a new law requiring them to wear gloves behind the bar. Citing environmental issues and safety concerns, five bartenders and owners share their thoughts.