The Manhattan Chronicles
This section will follow my futile attempt to get a decent Perfect Manhattan. Maybe if I search long enough, I will even find a great one. Why this cocktail? Because it could not be easier to make, so it should be a safe goto, anywhere. But I have discovered that no one can actually make one.
2/5/10, Chelsea’s, waiting for take out. I am met with a blank stare, but a response of, certainly! Now what is in that? Having explained the 4 ingredients, a search begins for the vermouth, that has likely been sitting on the shelf since Clinton was president, and the Maker’s (no rye). [...]