It’s August and hot, hot, hot. That adorable 3″ basil plant you potted up in May is now an enormous shrub. You’ve eaten so much pesto the only thing you’ve yet to spread it on is your arm (and sure, ...

This refreshing snap pea gimlet combines gin, lime, and mint-infused simple syrup for a crisp, vibrant cocktail perfect for ...

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 ...

The centuries-old Gimlet is getting a makeover, just in time for spring. A proper gin gimlet apparently dates back to the 19th-century British Royal Navy. The lime cordial in it was thought to prevent ...

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 ...