Manhattan Cocktail Recipe | Bon Appétit

A classic Manhattan cocktail recipe doesn’t have much to it—and it shouldn’t. It’s a straightforward, no-nonsense, old-school drink that’s two parts whiskey, one part vermouth, and a few dashes of aromatic bitters. But that wasn’t always the case. “The first recipes, which appeared in books in 1884, called for equal parts whiskey and vermouth. Some formulas actually called for more vermouth than whiskey,” explains Robert Simonson in The Encyclopedia of Cocktails. Oh, and the story you might have heard about the drink being invented at an event hosted by Winston…