Cocktails to Drink

A Modified Grasshopper

L recently put together an interesting dessert cocktail - a grasshopper slightly modified to overcome the lack of cream in our fridge. While I pretty much exclusively know how to make a margarita, which I make 4:2:1 tequila:orange liquor:lime juice, and a sweet Manhattan, with equal parts vermouth and rye, it should not be too hard to learn more. Mark Bittman has a good bird's eye view of the cocktail world, and there is a good list of some of the currently resurgent classic cocktails on AMC's Mad Men cocktail menu.

While I'm at it, I really should learn more about wine. The only way to do that is to do blind tastings at home. If anyone wants to come over for a wine tasting party, let me know.

Anyway, on my to-drink list right now:

• Low country lemonade
• Something that involves infused vodka
• Maybe something with zucchini