cocktail

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Mohwinkel, who heads the cocktail program, preps his concoctions hours before opening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

To finish, he served a dish dedicated to his wife's family - a twist on the Brandy Alexander cocktail.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

A good cocktail could cost you $15 to $20.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

"We have a magnificent ballroom being built... This whole floor will end up being a cocktail room for the ballroom before dinners," added Trump.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

And if one were just too pathetic, forlorn, and unremembered, one could always scrounge up some decade-old, generic canned fruit cocktail from the depths of the basement pantry.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick