Campari, gin, and sweet vermouth in equal parts make up this rich, slightly bitter cocktail.  It's an excellent sipping drink, and its flavor is particularly well suited to the cooler months.

Most of the rash of remakes spewing out of Hollywood these days are merely cynical cash-ins of a previous film's reputation without honoring its integrity—reinventing the concept for a new audience but sacrificing or ignoring the very qualities that made the originals timeless in the first place.

It's not the best time of year to down too many icy martinis, or even perfect Manhattans, so here are a few solutions to ease you through until the leaves begin to fall—the Highball and the Tom Collins.

Although the swing era had reached its height before the U.S. was drawn into World War II, our images of the home front are invariably set against a soundtrack that includes the big bands. Several swing orchestra leaders disbanded their civilian orchestras to enter the service, where they led bands that included top musicians who had themselves been drafted. There were more than 60 bandleaders who enlisted and were sent overseas—most famously Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw.