Movie Cocktails

Here's a couple of cocktails from the movies. The first is the White Russian, Jeff Bridges' favorite drink in "The Big Lebowski". Check it out:

1 fluid ounce coffee flavored liqueur
1 fluid ounce vodka
1/2 cup cream or milk






Preparation:

In a mixing glass, combine the coffee flavored liqueur, vodka and cream or milk. Pour over ice in a highball glass.

Here's another: The Vesper Martini--after James Bond's martini in Casino Royale. Bond names the drink after his partner and love interest (and double agent) Vesper Lynde.

3 oz Tanqueray gin
1 oz 100-proof Stolichnaya vodka
1/2 oz Lillet Blanc
1/8 teaspoon (or less) quinine powder or 2 dashes of bitters

Preparation

Stir w/ cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass and twist a large swatch of thin-cut lemon peel over the top.

And another: Not a cocktail from a movie, but named after a movie star. This is a good one for kids--you can make it for kids or order it in a restaurant or bar if the kids are there. I'm talking, of course, about the Shirley Temple.

3 oz lemon-lime soda
3 oz Ginger ale
1 dash grenadine
maraschino cherry for garnish




Preparation:

Pour the lemon-lime soda and ginger ale into a collins glass with ice cubes.
Add a dash of grenadine.
Stir.
Garnish with the cherry.

Okay? All right. I hope you guys enjoy that one--until next time, SEE YA