Simple and traditional, this set of Nick and Nora glasses is the perfect way to refresh your home bar – and serve a winning martini. Graybill prefers his ice-cold, with 'a thin lemon twist like a ...

“What’s this?” asked the burly biker sitting at the bar and pointing at the delicate-rimmed cocktail glass. “It’s the martini you ordered,” I said. In hindsight, I should have known better. When ...

Is a martini still a martini when it’s served in a highball glass? And why does a snifter of Bloody Mary just sound wrong? The real question is whether a tall highball would really change the taste of ...

The Martini Glass (or: Cocktail Glass) is a much reviled vessel. A cruel joke. An inverted cone bowl meant to hold inebriating alcohol that one will find difficult to hold even when sober. How many ...

Going out for a cocktail is one of life’s greatest little pleasures. You have someone making you a drink, and it comes in one of those fancy-looking glasses. Sure, you can make a cocktail yourself at ...

If you can’t decide between dessert or a digestif after dinner, why not have both? Our tiramisu espresso martini combines the ...

Head bartender Tim Sweeney joins Bon Appétit to break down every glass that he serves a cocktail in—when and where they originated, how they came to prominence, and why certain cocktail ingredients ...

Stereotypes may be fading, but bartenders say many male customers are still uneasy with fancy glassware. And bars are trying to help. By Becky Hughes Becky Hughes, reporting from New York City, has ...