1.   And chilled or frozen watermelon can also be pureed to tint and flavor some classic cocktails like margaritas and daiquiris.

2.   A restaurant trade magazine recently devoted an issue to jazzy new variations on classic cocktails.

3.   But a more alcoholically robust generation has recently rejected such tentativeness and is imbibing so-called classic cocktails anew, updated versions of the Manhattan among them.

4.   Classic music creates new demand for classic cocktail.

5.   Inspired by the classic Mexican cocktail, this moderately spicy marinade is especially good on seafood.

6.   Once, rye was the quintessential American whiskey, the principal component of classic cocktails like the Manhattan and the Old-Fashioned.

7.   Some call it a return of the classic cocktail.

8.   The Council suggests that the home bartender first master such classic cocktails as the Martini, Cosmopolitan, Whiskey Sour, Manhattan and Tom Collins.

9.   Classic cocktail making a spirited comeback.