A Decade of Invention, and Reinvention

[lsanderson]

BOURBON AND BACON Benton’s Old-Fashioned at PDT.
A Decade of Invention, and Reinvention
By ROBERT SIMONSON
Published: December 29, 2009

WHEN you hoist a leg over a barstool these days, you’re as likely to find Tom Edison as a Tom Collins. Light bulbs have been popping up behind the bar, with more cocktails developed in the last 10 years than probably any decade since Prohibition. Some of them have emerged as modern classics, standing out not only as culinary creations, but also as signposts of the decade’s most significant mixology trends. More