
It’s so easy, in fact, to be seduced by this clever old roué that a word of caution would not be out of place here. This is a drink whose suavité is beyond question - it’s the Warren Beatty of modern mixology.

The luminous, golden-straw color, the perfectly controlled sweetness, the jazzy high notes of the citrus against the steady bass of the brandy. And when you’re sipping one, you almost think it was all worth it. The Sidecar is often singled out as the only good cocktail to come out of the long national nightmare that was Prohibition.

Shake well with cracked ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass that has had its outside rim rubbed with lemon juice and dipped in sugar. This week we are featuring Dark Erotica author Lisette Kristensen.
