My great love of olives is led me to create Dirty Martini Fried Chicken. I wanted another way to enjoy olives with chicken, and I didn’t care how it happened. So, I turned to alcohol. As fate (or ...

I never really got into Martinis—too fancy, too strong too "not me." But now that I’m a little older (and a tad more adventurous), I think it’s time to give them a proper chance. Plus, Martinis are ...

Pop into Rock Town Distillery any night and you stand a good chance of being served by bartender extraordinaire Abi Rogne, who won best bartender in the Arkansas Times’ Toast of the Town poll.

A classic martini recipe is simple enough: shake up some ice, vodka or gin and vermouth; stir; strain; pop on an olive. But for a truly divine martini—deceptively simple on paper—the devil is in the ...

Look, I love Christmas — the food, the friends, the faint sense of panic when you realise the oven’s already maxed out and ...

The martini—one of cocktail culture’s true classics, first gained popularity in the U.S. during the 1920s and 1930s, becoming a Jazz Age symbol of sophistication. Originally a gin drink before the ...

Vodka, gin, green olives, and lemon: when most people see these ingredients, their mind goes straight to a dirty martini. For Emily Eggers, however, the combination also screams pasta. Eggers, who ...

Adam Reiner is a writer and founder of The Restaurant Manifesto, a blog about dining culture and restaurant life. His first book “The New Rules of Dining Out: A Guide To Enjoying Restaurants” is due ...