Pig out on pork.
Make plans for The Berkshire’s second Pig Roast at 6 p.m. on June 6. $22 covers an all-you-can-eat pork buffet, plus several sides and salads. 7352 E. 29th Ave. in Stapleton, 303-321-4010, .
Happy Birthday, Dashiell Hammett.
Born May 27, 1894, Dashiell Hammett was called “the dean of hardboiled detective novels” and ruled the dime-book world in the ’20s and ’30s, with classic characters like Sam Spade (“The Maltese Falcon”) and Nick and Nora Charles (“The Thin Man” series) — none of whom were ever more than a heartbeat away from another cocktail. Hammett died in 1961.
In the 1934 film adaptation of “The Thin Man,” Nick Charles (William Powell, above) delivered this timeless cocktail-mixing advice to Nora (Myrna Loy): “The important thing is the rhythm. Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to waltz time.”
Bronx Cocktail
From “Mr. Boston Official Bartender’s Guide.” (Wiley)
Ingredients
1 ounce gin
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce orange juice
Directions
Shake with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a slice of orange.
