Drinks

Martin also prepares another warm-weather libation called the Raspberry Bramble, which includes Privateer Rum, fresh lime juice, simple syrup, St. Germain liqueur, sparkling wine, and raspberries.

Ken Martin, in-house ­mixologist at Privateer Rum in Ipswich, Massachusetts, makes a strawberry-laced cocktail for the summer. Called the Strawberry Cobbler, the drink contains Privateer Rum, fresh lime juice, and simple syrup, and is served with fresh mint leaves.

The evening’s specialty cocktail will be the Red Carpet, a mix of pear-infused vodka, St. Germain, and champagne, complete with a paper Oscar statuette frozen inside an ice cube. "It's Oscar on the rocks," Boulud quipped.