Whenever I used to watch those old school television shows where the wife was shaking – or stirring – her hubby a cocktail to greet him at the door with (thank god for dogs…am I right?!) I was totally intrigued. I wondered what exactly was she making him? Three simple ingredients? A quick shake and into the glass it goes? And it wasn’t until I was older and just starting my short-lived career as a bartender that I put...