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Not quite got linked, but the lovely (and quite delectable) Violet Blue has given me much cocktail props and posted one of my old recipes, the Violet Martini, on her blog, TinyNibbles (Both probably NSFW). Thanks, V!
While we're on the subject of cocktails, I shall once again be on the bar at the wonderful Black Cotton Club at Volupte tonight: tickets on the door from 10, I think.

The Cosmopolitan is a drink that first made an appearance around the 1980's. It's origins are pretty hard to fathom; some say it was a marketing stunt for Ocean Spray cranberry juices, others claim it was born in the 70's gay community in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The most likely story, however, is that it was adapted from a sickly sweet pink cocktail someone ordered, in order to provide a thirst-quenching, stealthily alcoholic drink for the waiting staff at Dale Degroff's Rainbow Rooms in New York.

It's a fantastically well balanced cocktail, with the sour taste of the lime well balanced by the sweet citrus taste of Cointreau. The kick of vodka, especially the fantastic Absolut Citron, is balanced by the cranberry juice.

Right, enough classic cocktails. As I'm currently on the bath homepage promoting the BANTER enterprise for my work over the summer, I though we could talk about one of my special cocktails

It's always nice, just like with food, to use seasonal ingredients for cocktails. Obviously, it's winter now, but you should still be able to get these ingredients.

Firstly, then, a Strawberry and Basil Martini. The recipe is at the end of the article, but before we go into that, a note on how bartenders should treat herbs.

The mojito is the classic cocktail with a herb (mint), and I've lost count of the amount of mojitos I've seen ruined by abuse of the mint.