As someone who spent over 10 years working in some of the world’s best bars and restaurants, I don’t flinch at the thought of an elaborate multistep recipe that yields a very specific single cocktail.

When it comes to putting food by, there's nothing more basic, straightforward or wholesome than fruit in syrup. Talk about simple: exquisite, picked-at-peak-of-perfection Northwest peaches, nestled ...

Most of us know fruit cocktail as the little diced fruit that comes out of a can. You can probably name the ingredients with your eyes closed: colored cherries, green grapes, peaches, pears and ...

Passion fruit adds zing to this easy amaro spritz. The Como Spritz is a fruity and bittersweet Prosecco cocktail made with Cynar amaro, tangy passion fruit syrup, fresh lemon juice, and sparkling wine ...

Rose, jasmine, honeysuckle, lavender -- are pure romance. And lemon verbena, that wonderfully aromatic herb with slender green leaves, may be the most romantic of them all. Its captivating perfume is ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. As a general rule, syrups have a bad reputation among bartenders. But let’s ...

True to its name, passion fruit has a potent fragrance that's sweet and seductive. With a tart orange pulp that surrounds black crunchy seeds, they don't have much to eat when you crack one open. That ...