Wayne Curtis on Cocktails

Wayne Curtis has a neat piece on cocktails, "Spirits of the Dead," in the current (April 2009) issue of The Atlantic. The article includes a recipe for the "Aviation of fame and fable. For years bartenders made it with gin, lemon juice, and maraschino liqueur, omitting the impossible-to-find secret ingredient, Creme de Violette, which has become possible to find though still something of a secret.  -- DL