BRONX COCKTAIL

"The chief virtue of cocktails is their informal quality. They loosen tongues and unbutton the reserves of the socially diffident. Serve them by all means, preferably in the living room, and the sooner the better." Irma S. Rombauer 1943 Joy of Cooking

Ms. Rombauer goes on to add that she will be putting the non alcoholic drinks in the front of the book. Those that are intended to loosen your guests' lips will be found in the very back of the book, where she adds via a "commentator" that " Alcohol does not give you courage. It simply makes you see things as they should be." Try this one that we modified to serve in a martini glass.

BRONX COCKTAIL

Juice of 1/2 orange
1/4 Part Grand Marnier
1/4 Part Vermouth
1/2 Part Gin

Shake in a cocktail shaker with ice and serve neat.
Pass the stuffed nuts and the tomato bacon canapes and you have a cocktail party!