Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2021
The sidecar is a member of the daisy family of cocktails: a strong spirit, balanced by citrus and a flavored liquid sweetener, most often in the form of orange liqueur.
The story most often proffered regarding the sidecar's origin is that it was created at Harry's New York Bar in Paris during the First World War for an eccentric American captain who used to arrive at the bar in a chauffeur-driven sidecar. ...