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Going out for a cocktail is one of life’s greatest little pleasures. You have someone making you a drink, and it comes in one of those fancy-looking glasses. Sure, you can make a cocktail yourself at ...

Can you make do without proper equipment? As anyone who has attempted to bartend at an Airbnb can attest, sure, kinda. But mixing cocktails is as much ritual as it is technique, and the right tools ...

Stereotypes may be fading, but bartenders say many male customers are still uneasy with fancy glassware. And bars are trying to help. By Becky Hughes Becky Hughes, reporting from New York City, has ...