Bond’s first order had a name of its own
In Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, James Bond orders gin, vodka and Kina Lillet, then names the drink after Vesper Lynd. The Vesper began on the page before becoming a fixture of real cocktail menus.
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THE RECIPE COLLECTIONDry Gin Martinimartini / coupeRecipe available · image in preparation
IAN FLEMING / CASINO ROYALE, 1953
THE RECIPE COLLECTIONAmaretto Sour (Morgenthaler style)rocksRecipe available · image in preparation
JEFFREY MORGENTHALER / 2012
The Amaretto Sour’s bourbon comeback
Jeffrey Morgenthaler looked at the Amaretto Sour and saw a drink worth rethinking. His 2012 recipe added cask-strength bourbon to support the amaretto, with fresh lemon and egg white bringing balance and texture.
THE RECIPE COLLECTIONSingapore SlingHurricaneRecipe available · image in preparation
NGIAM TONG BOON / RAFFLES
The pink drink with a social backstory
Raffles credits bartender Ngiam Tong Boon with creating the Singapore Sling in 1915. In the hotel’s telling, its fruit-punch appearance let women order a cocktail when public drinking was frowned upon.
THE RECIPE COLLECTIONMai Tai (two-rum house blend)double rocksRecipe available · image in preparation
TRADER VIC / OAKLAND, 1944
The Mai Tai began with the rum
Forget the towering glass of fruit juice. In Victor Bergeron’s account, the Mai Tai began in Oakland with aged Jamaican rum, lime, orange curaçao and almond syrup. The point was to let an exceptional rum shine.
THE RECIPE COLLECTIONHemingway DaiquiricoupeRecipe available · image in preparation
ERNEST HEMINGWAY / HAVANA
Hemingway’s Daiquiri was not quite this drink
Ernest Hemingway became closely associated with El Floridita in Havana. The story of his stronger, less sweet Papa Doble is often folded into the modern Hemingway Daiquiri, but the names do not always describe the same recipe.