Louna Dekker-Vargas

MUSIC
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020
4:00 PM

YouTube

Free
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC1WJErh7T1wOmC0KhA9nfw

Fabulous flautist, List cover girl, and part-time Witch Louna Dekker-Vargas is making her live-streamed flute recitals a weekly event.  No word on this week's repertoire yet, but really:  what else do you have to be doing?

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:   A good move-into-Spring cocktail, although one with a Wintry name:  an Alaska.  Here the big divisive issue is whether you use standard London Dry Gin as a base liquor or what the original recipe calls for, an old English style called Old Tom Gin (a slightly malted gin that's a bit more rounded and sweet than London Dry — part of the way between London Dry and Dutch Genever).  Having drunk innumerable iterations of both versions — see what I do for you? — I can tell you that the original's still the greatest.  (And it's that extra roundness and sweetness that makes this such a good transition-into-Spring cocktail.)  So, into the ice-filled cocktail shaker go

2-1/4 oz. Old Tom Gin
3/4 oz. yellow Chartreuse
A dash of orange bitters

Stir, and strain into a Martini glass or coupé.  Garnish with a lemon twist.