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 ...

A guy walks into his regular bar, a beer-and-shot kind of bar, at half past 6 on a Saturday. He walks in wanting a beer, but the woman behind the bar is a new girl, and her unfamiliar face combines ...

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 ...

If you’re anything like us, you’re going to imbibe a lot of beer, cocktails, and spirits during the holiday season. This ...

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 ...

If summer is tequila season and winter is for whiskey, what’s spring? What pairs with that particular light green of budding leaves on trees? With immediately feeling frisky the second the sun comes ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. I live exactly 0.3 miles from American ...