Cosmopolitan
Vodka, orange, lemon and cranberry. A modern classic.
Perhaps this is the ultimate 90’s cocktail, but it was invented in the ’85 or ’86 by Cheryl Cook in South Beach Florida. The original recipe called for citron vodka, lime cordial and a whack of cranberry. The recipe we know and love today was put together by Toby Cecchini, a bartender at the Odeon in Manhattan. He had this drink described to him by a customer, and mixed up citron vodka with fresh lime, cranberry and Cointreau. From there it spread, gaining most of its popularity while served with a flamed orange twist at the Rainbow Room by Dale De Groff. Finally it has been publicized far and wide by the beautiful people on Sex in the City, making the drink so popular as to almost destroy it. Somehow appropriate for a drink that was originally made so that that people who did not like martinis could have a drink that came in a martini glass.
