Winston Landau 
Ah, the martini: the most elegant cocktail around and the most hotly debated icon of the cocktail world. Gin or vodka? Shaken or stirred? Wet or dry? Today, our answers are vodka, stirred, and dry. Very dry. We still have some Luksusowa vodka left over from Mother’s day, and since … Read More
Full disclosure: we aren’t glued to the TV screen, awaiting the birth of our future monarch. That said, we do enjoy both toasts and cocktails, so we’re celebrating with the Royal Highness. We’re using Beefeater for the gin, because it’s quintessentially British, and the champagne we’re using is Perrier Jouët … Read More
There’s a reason you spent a few nights every year of college wearing a bed sheet and chanting “Toga, toga, toga!”, and that reason is John Landis’s seminal 1978 film Animal House. Toga parties took place in a few eastern US colleges in the 50s and 60s, and even made … Read More
‘Tis the season for very sweet, sit-by-the-lake cocktails, so we’ve rounded up our favourite Malibu recipes. Besides, even though our liquor shelf is dominated by Scotches and bourbons, it doesn’t hurt to have a non-threatening bottle of sweet rum around for all those occasions when you’re entertaining a girl who … Read More
Did you miss last month’s Grey Goose Pour Master competition? That’s okay, we have the winning recipe right here. Oliver Stern, of the Toronto Temperance Society (which is well-worth the visit, provided you know a member), won with his MariLou. Trust us, it’s worth making your own shrub. Ingredients 1 … Read More
