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PHOTO BY HAARALA HAMILTON; FROM COCKTAIL TIME! BY PAUL FEIG. COPYRIGHT © 2022 BY PAUL FEIG. REPRINTED BY PERMISSION OF WILLIAM MORROW, AN IMPRINT OF HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS.
With
Festive Cocktails
W
ith the holiday season nearly upon us, the
time is right for some specialty cocktails.
And Paul Feig is just the man to serve ’em
up. In addition to directing such hits as Bridesmaids
and Spy, creating the comedy series
Freaks and Geeks and directing (and act-
ing in) episodes of The Office and Arrested
Development, Feig happens to be a master
mixologist. His new book, Cocktail
Time!, is a compendium of classic drinks
and his own creations.
Feig’s book grew out of his “Quaran-
Mixing It Up
tine Cocktail Time!” Instagram videos,
in which America’s favorite “Drunk Funcle” donned
With Paul
his best threads to demonstrate making a cocktail to Chatting from his home in London, Feig told us about mixing martinis
for a prince, his favorite drink and the one thing you’ll never find in
entertain followers stuck in COVID lockdown. Here
his bar. —Alison Ashton
he shares two of his favorite drinks—a Grasshopper
and the Golden Dawn. Cocktail fit for a king Feig and his wife, Laurie, recently had tea with King
Charles III (then Prince Charles) at his Highgrove estate. “He’s a really
Grasshopper wonderful guy. I really liked him,” says Feig. “At the end, he gave me a
bottle of his gin [Buckingham Palace Dry Gin, available only in the United
“This drink is an absolute crowd-pleaser,” Feig promises.
Kingdom], and I gave him a bottle of my gin. I actually made martinis for
“I’ve never made one for anybody who said they didn’t
him, so I’ve made martinis for a king. I definitely have to put that on my
like it. Simply put, people flip over it.”
résumé now.” Whose gin is better? “Let’s just say all gins are wonderful in
1
 oz green crème de menthe their own way.”
1
 oz white crème de cacao
Go-to tipples A very dry gin martini with a twist, stirred (not shaken, so the
2 oz heavy cream

ice doesn’t dilute the gin), is his standing order. He’s also a fan of gin and
Whole nutmeg

soda (“It’s one of the best skinny drinks you can have”). And he enjoys
1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add crème de menthe, sampling signature cocktails at bars and restaurants around the world. “For
white crème de cacao and heavy cream. Shake vigor- me, it’s constant research to find what’s the new thing and what’s more fun
ously. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Grate fresh and what's going to surprise people.”
nutmeg on top and jump for joy! Serves 1. continued on page 30

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