The cosmopolitan is a cocktail that lives in infamy. The image an oversized martini glass with bubble gum colored contents wobbling in the hand of it's owner, who is wobbling herself in a group of wobbling friends, none of whom had ever ordered a cocktail until they watched Sex and the City, has rendered the cosmo (the nickname only making matters worse) universally maligned by craft bartenders.

But I, like everyone else, dismissed it by looking at the cover and never actually reading the book. When I was finally tasked to make one at work I had to look up the recipe. Morbidly curious, I straw tasted the drink before it went out. It was the reverse of my experience with the Star Wars prequels, as in, I wanted to like them so badly I was in denial of how terrible they were. I wanted to hate the cosmo, but after few years and several more orders I finally admitted the truth, the cosmo is a damn tasty drink.

Refreshingly, I've heard this sentiment more and more from bartenders recently. Now it seems like the tables have turned. It's cool to like the cosmo. If you're a bartender who rips on the it, you've probably never made one, tasted one, or still think it's not cool to like them, any of which makes you a poser mixologist. And people hate those more than they ever hated the cosmo.

Finally, regardless of how you feel about the drink you have to ask the question, without the cosmo do cocktails make a comeback at all? Maybe, but maybe not.

So raise a glass ladies and guys confident in their masculinity, to the mighty cosmopolitan.

The Cosmopolitan

2 oz Citrus Vodka

.75 oz Cointreau

.75 Just Cranberry (or any real cranberry juice)

.5 Fresh Lime Juice

.25 Simple Syrup

Shake and strain into a frozen coupe glass

Garnish with a lime wheel

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