For craft bartenders, it's the best of times. Nearly every week, a new boutique spirit comes on the market: Herbsaint, anyone? And fashioning cocktails is an increasingly respected profession.

If walls could talk, the legendary Riviera Hotel & Spa, if you asked me, could write a book .

This month's featured cocktail is one of my personal favorites, the French 75. Being a military man, I was intrigued by the origin that surround this luscious cocktail.

Moet & Chandon offers a limited-edition Cinema Party Pack ideal for watching Sunday's 82nd annual Academy Awards ceremony.

This is officially the beginning of my campaign to get area bars to use blood oranges in their cocktails.

Bitter Truth has an adorable Traveler's Set of three mini-bottles of bitters. If all you know about bitters is that you're supposed to put a few drops of Angostura bitters in a Manhattan, then you've got some catching up to do.

Derek Brown - Derek M. Brown is a beverage expert whose passion for cocktails, spirits and classic bartending has led him to be a leading voice in the new cocktail renaissance.

LA Cocktails Examiner rates this: Stars will enjoy this elegant cocktail at the Oscars today Today is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Oscar awards , broadcasting live on the ABC network from the Kodak Theater at 5:00.05pm - that's 5 o'clock plus a five-second delay to protect sensitive ears from hearing liberals speak their mind.

LA Cocktails Examiner rates this: Stars will enjoy this elegant cocktail at the Oscars today Today is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Oscar awards , broadcasting live on the ABC network from the Kodak Theater at 5:00.05pm - that's 5 o'clock plus a five-second delay to protect sensitive ears from hearing liberals speak their mind.

These savory bites are based on Julia Child's classic recipe found in Mastering the Art of French Cooking .

Mix, then stir 1 teaspoon of the ice cream into the soda until frothy. Gently top the soda with a scoop of ice cream.

'' Avatar was by far my favorite movie,'' says Lee, who is also the author of Semi-Homemade Cocktail Time .

Mar. 4--Once upon a time, classic cocktails and classic hotel lounges went hand in hand, like gin and dry vermouth.

WANT THAT cocktail on the rock? Depending on the drink, a single rock is exactly what you're sipping around at two Philly bars: R2L, the stunning 37th-floor bar and restaurant atop Two Liberty, and the Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co., the lower-level speakeasy in the former Bar Noir space, on 18th Street.

Originally developed in 1924 and served exclusively to guests at Casa Herradura's Hacienda San Jose del Refugio, Antiguo Tequila was released throughout Mexico in 1995 to commemorate Casa Herradura's 125th anniversary.

Maintain today is pleased to announce the release of Cocktail 4.7.1 , the latest maintenance update of Cocktail for users running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all ingredients except the rose petals.

A hot cocktail featured on The Early Show. After another round of heavy snow it seems like the cold will never let up.

This creamy, frothy, one-of-a-kind cocktail comes from the Pine Club, an elegant, cozy supper club in Dayton, Ohio.

The calendar may be inching toward spring, but the weather outside is still frightful.