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The Perfect Gin and Tonic (Again)

Published: Aug 21, 2020 · Modified: Jan 19, 2021 by Michael Ruhlman · 1 Comment

Video by Katherine Guanche.

Katherine, Sam and I made this video in May looking forward to summer while in quarantine. Now it's the middle of August, we've found a rental in a lovely, quiet, untrammeled patch of Massachusetts, on a river near a beach, and the Gin and Tonic with a wedge of lime has never tasted so good. Over a cribbage board on the porch or playing bocce in the yard in the low evening sun, the sparkling, bitter-sweet elixir soothes and refreshes. The real world approaches soon, but for now, these are Gin and Tonic days. And this video show how I try to perfect them.

Perfect a G&T? Put gin and tonic in a glass with ice and a wedge of lime, no? Even here there are nuances. It's all about temperature and melting ice.

While I use the standard Beefeaters in the Video, my wife, Ann, splurged on a shipment of our absolute favorite G&T gin, Dingle gin, from that sweet little town on a southwestern peninsula of Ireland (I wrote about the place for Saveur, which made a great video to go with it), and Fever Tree tonic water, a most excellent tonic and now widely available.

I encourage variations. Last summer when we arrived in Dingle we were served a gin and tonic in a big goblet, with lime, orange, grapefruit and juniper berries. Fan-tastic.

Mix it up and enjoy the final days of summer! Happy Friday, all!

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  1. allen

    August 21, 2020 at 7:51 pm

    Thought you were sneaking off w/ out the poem. That would be a crime.

    Nice job cutting that in Kat.

    Tonic is good for cramps. Great excuse for a g&t too.

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Ratio App for iPhone

After I wrote my book Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking, a colleague and I built a ratio calculator for iPhones that allows you to cook without recipes. For doughs, batters, custards, sauces, stocks and more, simply plug in the amount of one ingredient and the amounts of the other ingredients are instantly calculated. It's also a handy reference for dozens of our most common preparations. ($4.99 in the app store.)

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