It’s August and hot, hot, hot. That adorable 3″ basil plant you potted up in May is now an enormous shrub. You’ve eaten so much pesto the only thing you’ve yet to spread it on is your arm (and sure, ...

The gimlet is a simple masterpiece — beloved by Raymond Chandler (and his chief creation, Philip Marlowe). The shaker is a mix of gin, lime, and sugar that feels like springtime in a glass. It’s ...

While experimenting with a favorite restaurant’s cocktail list, the bartender introduced me to the Classic Gin Gimlet. Now, the Gimlet has been around forever but I’ve usually preferred a vodka-based ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. From margaritas to martinis, some of the greatest cocktails of all time are simple combinations of just a few ingredients. One such cocktail ...

The centuries-old Gimlet is getting a makeover, just in time for spring. A proper gin gimlet apparently dates back to the 19th-century British Royal Navy. The lime cordial in it was thought to prevent ...

The gimlet, as Terry Lennox tells Philip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler’s “The Long Goodbye,” is “half gin and half Rose’s Lime Juice and nothing else. It beats martinis hollow.” Now that’s a helluva ...