The Gimlet is a classic cocktail that didn’t start behind some fancy bar, but on the high seas. Well, kind of. The British Navy was suffering from scurvy when it ruled the high seas, until Lauchlan ...

In today’s food section, you can read about Austinite David Alan’s new book, “Tipsy Texan: Spirits and Cocktails from the Lone Star State” (Andrews McMeel, $19.99), which came out this week.

The story of the gimlet, one of our favorite cocktails, goes back more than 150 years. A man named Lachlan Rose created and patented a product named Rose’s lime juice. Rose, who was in the British ...

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 ...

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 ...

What could be more enticing — not to mention on trend — than a steaming bowl of ramen, made with local California ingredients and sloshed down with a cold, lovingly-made cocktail from the bar. Luckily ...

1 1/2 oz. In a cocktail shaker, combine gin, lemon juice, and lime cordial. Fill shaker with ice, cover, and vigorously shake until outside of shaker is very frosty, about 20 seconds. Fill a Collins ...