At 83 years of age, John Shelton Reed has authored or edited a whopping two dozen books. His most recent work, “The Ramos Gin Fizz,” was published this summer by LSU Press as part of their popular ...

Sick of your usual call drink? Try something new. In this series, we’re asking the city’s bartenders to name their current drinks of choice. Today’s call comes by way of Brian Miller, bartender at ...

The Ramos Gin Fizz is the hardest cocktail to make in the game. If you’re ever in a job interview at a high-end cocktail bar, you better have this one on lock because there’s a pretty high probability ...

During Tales of the Cocktail, Chris Hannah bottles his Ramos gin fizzes so he can spend time making more drinks. Frothy, floral and tangy, the Ramos Gin Fizz is an approachable, easy sipper — for the ...

In 1888, Henry C. Ramos invented a drink at the Imperial Cabinet Bar in New Orleans. Originally, it was called The New Orleans Fizz, a riff on the many other types of mostly gin-based fizzes that ...

MANY OF US like to kiss up to bartenders. You know if you’re one of those people: leaning over the bar with a wide, ingratiating grin on your face; drink order at the ready (something urbane but ...

Bartenders are only human. They will, of course, endeavor to please their customers and make whatever cocktail they desire (within reason). But for every drink that only requires a tap or a bottle ...

Even though each bar is different, some cocktails are safe bets, while others often miss the mark. Negronis and martinis are classic and simple to throw together at nearly any bar. Bartenders ...

I have an almost magnetic attraction to dishes and drinks that are fussy. Call it a natural predisposition toward being high-maintenance. If it requires some kind of complicated technique or a bunch ...