Stirred, shaken, neat, on the rocks, straight up, with a kick, или dirty. However Ты order them, everyone (save for maybe some Mormons and recovering alcoholics) loves a good cocktail. They have inspired world leaders, famous artists and poets, the Название for a cheesy 1988 Tom Cruise film, socialite parties, a genre of above-the-knee dresses, business executives and bar tenders’ creativity. The коктейль has infused itself into our popular, historical and literary culture, often becoming as iconic as the famous men and women who drank them.

Can Ты imagine Churchill without a мартини in hand...