Upgrade your garnishes with tips from bartenders around the country to make your cocktails stand out at parties this season. “A garnish needs to enhance the drinking experience,” says Ian Alexander, ...

Fresh garnishes are easy to make at home with just a kitchen knife and a vegetable peeler. Fresh ingredients work best for garnishes because they provide the best possible color, flavor and aroma. The ...

Three tiki-style cocktails with various garnishes lined up on a table with a beach scenery in the back - Static Media / Shutterstock If your kind of cocktail is one that oozes demure and ...

Consider the martini’s olives, the Gibson’s onion, the Manhattan’s cherry or the julep’s particularly lavish mint bouquet. Each of these cocktails, and many others, would not be complete without their ...