Get to know the purple liqueur you should be using more often. Crème de violette is one of those cocktail components that’s best known for a single classic drink — the Aviation — but whose utility ...

There are two things a cocktail requires to become a classic—it needs to taste great and it needs to have a great name. I say all that to say this: The Aviation is a classic cocktail, but it almost ...

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It is not without irony that I report that no one paid any attention to the “Attention Cocktail” until it was called something else. Poor Hugo Ensslin never got the respect he deserved. Before ...

As I've mentioned before, I live in the boonies, which is lovely but not exactly hopping with art museums, ethnic cuisine or cool historic bars where you can order a vintage cocktail. So, when I visit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get to know the purple liqueur you should be using more often. Andrii Moniuk / Getty Images Crème de violette is one of those ...