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Cadillac Margarita: What Makes It a Cadillac (and How to Make One)

A Cadillac margarita upgrades every component: 100 percent agave tequila, fresh lime, and a Grand Marnier float. What makes it a Cadillac, plus the recipe.

Sangrita: The Traditional Tequila Chaser, Explained

Sangrita is the non-alcoholic chaser sipped alongside tequila in Jalisco. Both schools of recipe, how to serve it, and how to host a tasting around it.

What Is a Chelada? Mexico's Three Ingredient Beer Cocktail

A chelada is beer, fresh lime, and salt over ice in a salted glass. What separates it from a michelada, the regional name flip, and the classic recipe.

Hostess Gifts Worth Bringing: 25 Ideas Better Than Wine and Flowers

Hostess gifts that get used, not regifted. 25 ideas organized by the kind of host you are visiting, plus the etiquette on spending, timing, and what to skip.

Bloody Mary Gazpacho (No-Cook Summer Soup)

Bloody Mary gazpacho is the closest thing there is to a Bloody Mary you eat with a spoon. It is a cold, no-cook tomato soup built on the same flavors as the drink, and it is one of the best things ...

Bloody Mary Oysters (Mignonette & Shooters)

A Bloody Mary and a plate of raw oysters want the same things. Brine, acid, horseradish, and heat. That is why the two have shared a brunch table for a hundred years. This is how to put the flavor ...

Bloody Mary Ketchup (One-Stir Recipe)

Bloody Mary ketchup is regular ketchup with the savory, spicy, briny kick of the cocktail stirred in. It goes on everything ketchup already goes on, but it tastes like it came from somewhere better...

Bloody Mary Butter for Wings, Shrimp & Corn

This is the laziest, highest-payoff trick in the whole kitchen lineup. Melt butter, stir in Stu's Bloody Mary Concentrate, and brush it on whatever is hitting the grill. Wings, shrimp, corn, a stea...

Bloody Mary Chicken (Easy Marinade Recipe)

Bloody Mary chicken is exactly what it sounds like. Chicken marinated in the flavors of a Bloody Mary, then grilled or roasted. The tomato, horseradish, and spice soak into the meat and char at the...

Cocktail Sauce Recipe (Homemade in 5 Minutes)

Store-bought cocktail sauce is fine until you taste it next to a batch you made yourself. Homemade takes five minutes, uses five ingredients you probably already have, and tastes brighter and sharp...