An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Ordering a Martini seems simple enough. But when the bartender asks for specifics, suddenly you're fumbling — vodka or gin? Shaken or stirred? And ...

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 bartender, Tucci ...

Troy Patterson is Slate’s writer at large and a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. On Wednesday I flew to Portland where I lectured in the evening and debated Robert Bork the next ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aly Walansky is a NY-based journalist who covers cocktails and dining. Martinis are the most classic of cocktails, and whether ...

How exactly does a place earn the reputation of having the very best of something, like a burger, a croissant, or a cocktail? Part of it has to do with word of mouth, fueled (I hope) by press, social ...