The classic Cosmopolitan, became one of the favorite cocktails ever due mostly to it’s role in the HBO show, Sex and the City. Most bartenders know how to make this light, fruity Martini, making it a great choice for a casual night out. There are hundreds of variations on the Cosmo, some use more or less cranberry juice, some triple sec instead of Cointreau, and some include a citrus vodka. It’s all a matter of personal preference, this is the way I like it.

Cosmopolitan Cocktail Drink

The Cosmopolitan Cocktail, a different kind of sensory sensation, true to the legendary Cosmo; an inviting and refreshing combination of Vodka, Cranberry Juice, a hint of Lime Juice and a touch of Cointreau. Maybe it will evoke memories of a sunset on the pier in sandals, or maybe an elegant black tie affair.

1 oz vodka
.5 oz triple sec
.5 oz fresh lime juice
.5 oz cranberry juice
Combine with ice in shaker
shake, pour, garnish with lime wedge

Demeter creates scents that are drawn from memories to transport a person back to a special place or time.
Everyone has a personal library of meaningful smells. The memories they trigger are somehow more intense than those we dredge up by conscious effort. It’s as if smell provides a shortcut to our deepest memories and brings them back complete with the emotions and sensations we felt at the time.

How to mix a perfect cosmopolitan cocktail

1. Put two and a half parts of citrus vodka, measuring with a jigger. (One part equals one ounce.)
2. Add 3/4 part of orange liqueur and 3/4 part cranberry juice.
3. Using a citrus squeezer, add 1/2 part of fresh lime juice.
4. Add some ice to our shaker to chill the tin down. Using the strainer, strain the excess water. Tamp down on the glass as you invert it onto the shaker. Make sure you’ve got a good seal, then shake it like you mean it!
5. Once the cocktail is well-chilled, flip the glass back up, tap the side to loosen, and remove the shaker.
6. Pour into a well-chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with one wheel of fresh lime floating in the glass.

Non Alcoholic Drinks also known as Mocktails or Virgin Drinks are non-intoxicating beverages. The word ‘Mocktail’ is a derivative of two words - ‘mock’ meaning a copy or imitation of something and the word ‘cocktail’ meaning a mixed drink. A mocktail, or a Virgin cocktail,  is a beverage which does not contain any intoxicating alcohol. A non alcoholic drink, or mocktail, is made of one or more kinds of beverages such as fruit juices or mixers. It is usually shaken or stirred before serving.

Mocktails or Virgin Cocktails are a great alternative for your “non-drinking” guests. If you’re serving up cocktails at a party, don’t leave some of your guests out of the fun; serve them one of these fancy mixed drinks.

Shirley Temple
(Virgin Sling)
3 oz Lemon Juice
2 oz Orange Juice
Dash of Grenadine
Ginger Ale
Shake the Lemon Juice and Orange Juice with ice in a cocktail shaker, pour into a Sling Glass, Add a Dash of Grenadine and top up the glass with Ginger Ale. Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.

The drink is the perfect match for a rich dish,” says Jesse LaFortune, maître d’ of the distinguished restaurant Gary Danko, in San Francisco. “Intense and floral, with strong tannins that cut through the richness.” Familiar words, perhaps, but LaFortune isn’t talking about Cabernet or Petit Verdot—he’s talking about African rooibos, a type of herbal tea.
Non-alcoholic Cocktails

And he is not alone. Some of the country’s best restaurants are offering nonalcoholic drinks go well beyond sparkling water. At Clio, in Boston, sommelier Erin O’Shea pairs house-made spruce soda with chef Ken Oringer’s radish, tamarind, and hearts of palm salad.

Classic Mocktail Recipes

Margarita Mocktail Recipe - Ah, the margarita - queen of the bar scene. While many mocktail margaritas leave something to be desired, this one is a frozen treat your taste buds will remember.

Citrus Collins Mocktail Recipe - The Citrus Collins is a fresh, citrusy drink perfect for sipping on the porch during the warmer months.

Strawberry Lemon Daiquiri Mocktail Recipe - Strawberries and ice make this virgin daiquiri a delicious addition to any get together. Kick it up with a hint of lemonade and you’ll really have something to remember.

The olden day’s cocktails were made in combination with gin, whiskey or rum and with a small amount of vodka. Many cocktails were made traditionally by mixing it with gin which is called as gimlet or martini. This type of mixed drinks was introduced after 1980’s. The word cocktail was determined by Dr. David Wonderich in October 2005.

Wedding Receptions

A cocktail wedding reception is one such type that can be cost effective when compared to traditional sit-down dinner receptions. Since there are no restrictive seating arrangements, this encourages the guests to mingle freely. The presence of the cocktail is bound to bring down the inhibitions which have to be taken into account. The need for tables, chairs and tableware are alleviated. If need be, they can be relegated to a corner of the reception venue to cater to the more traditional elderly family members. So the reception can be held at a smaller venue. The arrangement of several smaller food stations and bars prevent the formation of long queues and preventable skirmishes.

Cocktail receptions also create a much more social atmosphere versus a traditional wedding reception. With few tables and chairs, the cocktail reception encourages mingling and movement around the location. This party type of format may not be conducive for traditional wedding reception activities, unless the location has enough room to “clear” the center for first dances and bouquet tossing.

Cocktail wedding receptions are all the rage, they are classy and upscale, yet cost considerably less than traditional wedding receptions while giving guests the traditional after-the-ceremony “party” feel. Cocktail receptions create a relaxed and social atmosphere, so you will want to plan your cocktail party with socializing in mind. Here are some great tips to have a fabulous cocktail wedding reception.

Party Cocktail Dresses

Although the design is suppose to be feminine and flattering it still requires a certain amount of youthful skin and nicely shaped shoulders to carry the look off perfectly. The new style halters cover up a lot more without losing the sexy edge that we all want in our cocktail dresses.

The fashion savvy ladies amongst us are all craving after these new styles in party cocktail wear because of the ultra feminine design cuts and lavish embellishments. This is mainly because it is far more easier to obtain these latest fashions on the internet.

Manhattan Cocktail

The Manhattan cocktail is tasty and it is also an important part of cocktail history. Here is it’s interesting origin and some of the best recipes for making a Manhattan cocktail.

In the 1870’s, Winston Churchill’s mother was hosting a party for then presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden. This cocktail was created especially for the banquet and it was a big hit. Mr. Tilden lost the election wound up losing the election but his party drink became famous. People started asking for the drink by the name of the club where the party was held, The Manhattan Cocktail. Personally, I would have called it the Mother Churchill’s Cocktail but I wasn’t born for another 100 years, so I didn’t have a say in the matter.

Reno Cocktail:The Reno Cocktail is an elegant mocktail that makes the non-drinker or designated driver feel like they’re drinking like an adult. The fruity mix gets all the treatment given to an alcoholic drink, with a regular shake to dissolve the sugar and a neat, cocktail-glass presentation. This one can fit into almost any occasion but is perfect for showers, brunch, and weddings and anytime you want to have style without the liquor.Ingredients: 2 oz grapefruit juice, 1 oz lime juice, 1/2 oz grenadine, 1 tsp superfine sugar. prepration: Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.Shake well.Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

LEMON DROP RECIPE:Lemon Drop is a very popular recipe. Learn how to make/prepare Lemon Drop by following this easy recipe. Ingredients:1 Ounce fresh lemon juice, 3 Ounces sake.Lemon twist, 1/2 Ounce simple syrup, 1/4 Ounce fresh orange juice. How to make Lemon Drop: Mix the liquid ingredients and shake it vigorously with ice. Strain the mixture into a chilled cocktail.Drop the lemon twist in the drink. Lemon Drop is ready to serve.

Sparkling Christmas Mocktail:Ingredients:1 oz. grenadine, 4 oz. seltzer, Green sugar crystals. Method: Mix grenadine and seltzer in mixing glass. Wet the rim of a cocktail glass and coat with green sugar crystals. Pour mixture into glass.

Pink Christmas Fruit Punch:Ingredients:2 bottles (about 750ml each) white grape juice, 1.5 L cranberry juice cocktail, 2 cans (170ml each) frozen pink lemonade, thawed, 750ml bottle of soda water Ice. Method :Combine grape juice, cranberry juice cocktail and lemonade (not reconstituted). Refrigerate until needed. Put ice in punch bowl at serving time. Add juices and soda water. Ladle into punch cups. Your Christmas fruit punch is ready to serve.

Cool Watermelon Slushes:INGREDIENTS: 6 ice cubes, 2 cups cubed seeded watermelon, 1 teaspoon honey. DIRECTIONS: Place the ice cubes into a blender. Cover, and pulse until crushed. Add the watermelon and blend for about 1 minute, until slushy. Add the honey, and blend for about 10 seconds.

Healthy Non Alcoholic Drink aka Mocktail or Virgin Drink:Keep your Non Alcoholic Drink ( Mocktail or Virgin ) healthy by using a recipe which contain yoghurt or low fat milk. The recipes for these delicious Non Alcoholic Drinks - Mocktails or Virgin Drinks contain a variety of fruits including Berries (strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry etc. ) peach, melon, orange, pineapple, mango, and kiwifruit. The ingredients in a non alcoholic drink like mocktail or virgin cocktail are often high in vitamins, fibre, and antioxidants. But if you want to indulge yourself, or the kids, in a treat use a recipe for a Non Alcoholic Virgin Drink or mocktail which contains ice cream.

A shaken cocktail is made by putting the desired ingredients (typically fruit juices, syrups, liqueurs and ice cubes) in the cocktail shaker. Then it is shaken heavily for a while, ranging from 5 seconds to 10 seconds, depending on the taste desired. Drinks that are meant to be clear should be stirred and not shaken, as this will result in the drink becoming cloudy.

Cocktail Shaker - Traditional Glass and Stainless Steel Design

Mix cocktails like a professional bartender with this cocktail shaker. Make up your own variations or use the 3 basic recipes on the glass for Martini, Manhattan and Margaritas. Features: Glass tumbler with rubber seal, Stainless Steel shaker, Capacity: 500ml, Recipes for Margarita, Manhattan & Martini.

Cobbler Shaker: This is the classic cocktail shaker that is normally made of three pieces: a metal tumbler, a snug fitting lid, and a small cap that fits over the lid and covers the strainer that is built into the lid. This is the type of shakers that most folks will have at home because it is so simple and straightforward to use. You will also see this use at many bars, but since I find that it takes slightly longer to strain the drink into the glass, I don’t recommend this for professional use in a busy bar.

Boston Cocktail Shaker: “Boston ” way, you measure your ingredients and ice into the glass tumbler portion. Next you’ll need to carefully position the inverted metal tumbler over the top; giving it a swift and firm slap with your hand to seal the two sections together. If forming the seal was a downside of the Boston Cocktail Shaker, breaking the seal is the deep downside since the wrong move can crack the glass. To separate the two pieces of a Boston Cocktail Shaker, you’ll have to hold the metal tumbler firmly, and slap it just below the rim, right about the point where the glass comes in contact with it with the heel of your hand.

The French Shaker is the least popular shaker of the Cobbler and the Boston. It is primarily made of metal. I prefer not to use it, as it doesn’t possess a strainer like the Cobbler. It is great for mixing drinks that are include ice cream, rather than ice. I think it’s on the same wavelength as the Boston, as it essentially provides two pieces, but not as effective. The Boston Shaker is very much like the French Shaker, but it consists of a combination of metal and glass (or some possess plastic).

The novelty cocktail set has everything you will need to start mixing in confidence. Contained within the aluminium chemistry rack are various bottles, flasks and jugs that will help increase your evil scientist status!

Mint-Infused Sake Martini:Ingredients: 8 ounces of high quality cold Sake, 2 sprigs of mint, 1 sweet plum.The mix. Add the Sake to a martini shaker 1/2 full of ice and let stand for a minute, Rub the mint sprigs around the bowl of two rinsed martini glasses and place them in your freezer to chill, Shake you Sake for a full minute and let stand another minute, Strain the Sake into your glasses, Top each with a thin slice of plum.

Americano: This one got its name in the early 1900s when the Italians who invented it noticed that it was hugely popular with visiting Americans. Originally, it was called a Milano-Torino for the homes of its main ingredients. Invented by Gaspare Campari, maker of the vermouth, it was first served at his bar.1 part Campari, 1 part Sweet Red Vermouth. Mix the ingredients in an old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes and add a splash of club soda. Garnish with an orange slice.

Classic Dry Martini:Ingredients:  Ice cubes,  8  ounces gin or vodka (1 cup), 1  ounce dry vermouth (2 tablespoons),  Pimiento-stuffed olives or lemon peel twists (optional).Directions: Place ice cubes in a martini shaker. Add vodka and vermouth; shake. Strain into four chilled martini glasses. If desired, skewer olives or lemon twists on cocktail picks and place in drinks.

Vodka Martini Recipe:Ingredients: 6 parts Vodka, 2 parts Dry vermouth, Olive. Mixing Instructions: Combine liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker with cracked ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with olives.

Irish Cactus:Bring a taste from south of the border into your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations with this tequila and Irish cream cocktail served on the rocks. Ingredients:2 oz Irish cream liqueur, 1 oz tequila. Preparation: Pour the ingredients into an old-fashioned glass with ice. Stir.

Blue Hawaii:Ingredients: 1 ounce Blue Curacao liqueur, 1 ounce Vodka, 1 ounce Sweet and Sour mix, 2 ounce Pineapple Juice Preparation: Pour all ingredients into a shaker and shake thoroughly. Pour over crushed ice in a highball glass, and serve.

Martini Recipes:Enter the Exciting World of the Martini…
Synonymous with sophistication, allure, and delicious decadence, the martini holds a hallowed place in social history - it is the “KING OF COCKTAILS.” Like the stiletto heel, it never goes out of style. Entire bar menus are devoted to its variants and a hip, retro cultural movement has adopted the martini as its cornerstone for stylish fun.The martini remains on the cutting edge of liquid fashion, constantly reinventing itself. There is no other world-traveler like the martini. Never watered down, the martini stands strong and silent in every language with no translation needed.

Ingredients: 2 oz Sour mix, 2 oz Fresh Lemon or Lime juice, 3 oz Carbonated lemon-lime soda, Dip rim of glass in lemon juice then in salt. Margarita Mocktail Recipe Instructions: Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker / stirrer and pour into an unusually shaped glass. Add Crushed Ice and decorations to create a great speciality drink from an easy to make recipe!

How to make a Twista Mocktail Recipe

Ingredients: 2 oz fresh lime juice, 2 oz fresh lemon juice, 2 oz pure grape juice, 2 oz Sour Mix Crushed Ice. Twista Mocktail Recipe Instructions: Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker / stirrer and pour into an unusually shaped glass. Add Crushed Ice and decorations to create a great speciality drink from an easy to make recipe!

How to make a Cherry Ale

Ingredients: 2 oz. Cherry Juice, 1/2 oz. Lime Cordial, Dash of Grenadine, Ginger Ale. Fill a tall glass (Sling Glasses work wonderfully), with ice. Add the cherry juice, and lime cordial, add a dash of grenadine and top with ginger ale. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

How to make Grape Mocktail:

Clean grapes and boil them in 1 cup of water. Cook for 2 minutes after boiling is achieved. Cool it to the room temperature. Mix sugar and blend the mixture in a mixie till smooth. Strain in order to remove skins of grapes. Add water to this pulp. Add pepper and salt. Beat the mixture in an electric beater till it turns frothy.Grape Mock tail is ready to serve.

How to make Virgin Mary

Ingredients:1 cup tomato juice, dash of Worcestershire sauce,hot sauce to taste
lime juice to taste, salt and pepper to taste, celery salt, celery stalks, pickle spearlime wedge. Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a glass with ice. Garnish with celery, a pickle spear and a lime wedge. Dip the rim of the glass in celery salt if you wish.

How to make Mango Julius:

Ingredients: 2 Cups of fresh Mango juice or pulp, 4 oz Milk, 4 tbsp Sugar, 1 Scoop of vanilla ice cream, 1 tsp Vanilla extract. Put all ingredients in a blender with a half cup of crushed ice.Blend the mixture until smooth. Pour it in a glass and serve it chilled.

How to make Pussyfoot

The Pussyfoot is a interesting fruit mocktail that takes on the feel of many of the fizz cocktail like the Gin Fizz or Ramos Fizz. In this non-alcoholic drink you’re going to combine orange, lemon and lime, shake it up with an egg and top with soda. Many people are wary of drinking raw eggs of any kind and an egg substitute is okay to use, but isn’t quite the real thing.Ingredients:1 Tbsp lemon juice, 2 Tbsp lime juice, 6 Tbsp orange juice, 1 egg yolk, 6 Tbsp cold sparkling water, orange slice for garnish.Preparation: Combine lemon, lime and orange juices, powdered sugar and egg yolk in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously.Strain into a chilled collins glass. Top off with the sparkling water.Stir gently.Garnish with the orange slice.

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The length of cocktail dresses varies depending on fashion and local custom. The length ranges from just above the knee to touching the ankle. When it is about two inches above the ankle it is called tea length and when it is almost touching the ankle it is called ballerina length, although ballerina length dresses usually fall into the evening gown category.

Nowadays, you have numerous options of cocktail dresses to choose from. Here are some ideas regarding cocktail party dresses to help you sort out your confusion regarding the same. If it can help you it’s the pleasure.First of all, find out whether it’s an afternoon party, evening party or dinner cocktail party, and decide your dress accordingly. A dress should be simple and light, if it is an afternoon party, like off-shoulder dresses, blithe dresses etc. If it is an evening cocktail party your look needs to be classy and dressy. You have various options; just need is to lookout for the decent one. It can be of any length but it should be classic not formal.

If you are looking for the ultimate in cocktail dresses then check out the new halter neck design that is available from Alyce Designs. This cute little tulle number with its all over sequined bodice will win the hearts of any fashion savvy girl and can be worn to clubs, party’s, family events as well as stealing the show at proms and evening events. Impressions cocktail dresses include cut out designs revealing slices of torso and the small of your back. Maybe a bit daring for some but they certainly have show stopping qualities. These dresses are available in soft pinks and pastels as well as bright blues and reds.

Looking fabulous in cocktail dresses is a right, not a privilege.  Whether in a fitted strapless sheath or a gauzy, ethereal babydoll, a cocktail dress is your chance to show off your personal sense of style at its most spectacular. Cocktail dresses are the most versatile of all dresses as they can be worn on any occasions, events and parties. Whatever the event is, our cocktail party dress give you perfect look as they are classy and elegant. Little black dresses, mini black dresses, Long Black Dress are signature dresses as they represent glitz and gloss and thus create a buzz. There are many varieties of short dresses, party dresses, long party dresses, Mini party dresses, and little black dresses to make you a queen of the night.

Gadde was one of two scientists who presented findings yesterday of pharmaceutical company-sponsored trials that tested cocktails of drugs that caused incidental weight loss in patients taking them for other reasons.

A three-drug cocktail used by many HIV-infected people proved clearly superior to other combinations at treating new patients in the biggest head-to-head comparison of AIDS medications.

The best known use of drug cocktails has been in the fight against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Drug cocktails also have been used to combat several types of cancer. Often, drugs that might not be effective in combating diseases individually do much better in combination.Drug combinations can also be used effectively to inhibit infectious diseases because resistance to a single drug is very common, according to Ren Sun, UCLA professor of molecular and medical pharmacology and a member of the research team.

Many psychiatrists and parents believe that such drug combinations, often referred to as drug cocktails, help. But there is virtually no scientific evidence to justify this multiplication of pills, researchers say. A few studies have shown that a combination of two drugs can be helpful in adult patients, but the evidence in children is scant. And there is no evidence at all - “zero,” “zip,” “nil,” experts said - that combining three or more drugs is appropriate or even effective in children or adults.

The best known use of drug cocktails has been in the fight against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Drug cocktails also have been used to combat several types of cancer. Often, drugs that might not be effective in combating diseases individually do much better in combination.

If one drug isn’t enough to control these tumors, then maybe creating a cocktail of several drugs, and adding them to chemotherapy, will be. In some ways, it’s a fallback strategy, says Dr. Leonard Saltz, a colon cancer specialist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. “Nobody set out to develop [these drugs] as an additive to chemotherapy,” he says. “They were supposed to replace chemo, and make us look back and say, ?Can you believe that we had a barbaric age when we were treating patients with something that made them lose their hair and vomit their guts out?’ But they didn’t work, and if you can’t beat them, join them.”

The drug cocktails are not free of side effects, but it appears that the vast majority of individuals who try them are able to tolerate the drugs.  These drugs, now prescribed to patients before they attain a diagnosis of AIDS, have been responsible for reducing the rate of new AIDS cases in the U.S. by about half since they were introduced.  That effect might have been larger had more people been diagnosed and treated with the drugs in time.

The classic Cosmopolitan, became one of the favorite cocktails ever due mostly to it’s role in the HBO show, Sex and the City. Most bartenders know how to make this light, fruity Martini, making it a great choice for a casual night out. There are hundreds of variations on the Cosmo, some use more or less cranberry juice, some triple sec instead of Cointreau, and some include a citrus vodka. It’s all a matter of personal preference, this is the way I like it.

Ingredients (serves 1): 3 scoops ice cubes, 60mls (1/4 cup) vodka, 15mls (3 tsp) cranberry juice, 1/2 lime, juiced, 2 thin strips lime rind, to garnish. Method: Place the ice, vodka, cranberry juice and lime juice in a cocktail shaker and shake well. Pour into cocktail glasses and serve, each garnished with a lime rind strip.

Specialty Cocktail Recipe: Ingredients: 1-1/2 ounces Vodka or Citrus-flavored Vodka, 1/2 ounce Cointreau, 1 ounce Cranberry juice, 1/2 ounce lime juice. Combine in a shaker with crushed ice. Strain into rocks glass.

The Cosmopolitan Cocktail, a different kind of sensory sensation, true to the legendary Cosmo; an inviting and refreshing combination of Vodka, Cranberry Juice, a hint of Lime Juice and a touch of Cointreau. Maybe it will evoke memories of a sunset on the pier in sandals, or maybe an elegant black tie affair.1 oz vodka, 5 oz triple sec, 5 oz fresh lime juice, 5 oz cranberry juice .

Combine with ice in shaker shake, pour, garnish with lime wedge. Demeter creates scents that are drawn from memories to transport a person back to a special place or time. Everyone has a personal library of meaningful smells. The memories they trigger are somehow more intense than those we dredge up by conscious effort. It’s as if smell provides a shortcut to our deepest memories and brings them back complete with the emotions and sensations we felt at the time.

Cosmopolitan Cocktail:1 1/4 ounces Absolute Citron vodka (about 2 1/2 tablespoons), 1/4 ounce Rose’s lime juice (about 3/4 tablespoon), 1/4 ounce triple sec or Cointreau (about 3/4 tablespoon), 1/4 cup cranberry juice, 1 cup ice cubes. In a cocktail shaker combine all ingredients. Shake well and strain into a Martini glass.

Cosmopolitan: 1 1/2 oz vodka, 1 oz cranberry juice, 1/4 oz Cointreau- splash of fresh lime juice, Garnish: Lime wedge. Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lime.

1 shot vodka, 1/2 shot triple sec, 1/2 shot cranberry juice, 1/2 shot lime juice. Add ingredients to cocktail mixer, shake, then strain into a chilled martini glass. Looks very sophisicated and tastes great.