If you know me well then you know my cocktail of choice is a dry martini.  And of course by martini, I mean a classic gin martini–Tanqueray please.  Lately I have gone the Gibson route meaning a dry martini with a cocktail onion instead of an olive.  I just love the pickled, tangy taste of the cocktail onion floating in the gin. ( Is it cocktail hour yet?!)  With a bag of frozen pearl onions in the freezer, I was excited to see this recipe for The Gibson in a recent issue of Bon Appetit magazine, that starts with pickling your own onions.  A fun thing to make and enjoy, a jar of these lovely pickled cocktail onions would also be a great gift for martini drinkers in your life this Holiday season!

(To view this recipe, click on the following link: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/the-gibson)

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