The Manhattan Variations
What is the perfect cocktail and why is it the Perfect Manhattan with rye whiskey? Plus, recipes for four other renditions.
Sometimes I forget about certain drinks for, like, years at a time. Even drinks that I absolutely love. So it was disconcerting the other day to receive Robert Simonson’s cocktail newsletter, The Mix, which asks the question, “Who Drinks a Perfect Manhattan?” Simonson’s thesis is that fans of the cocktail are few and far between. My immediate thought wa…