This popular cocktail has seemingly as many origin tales as a daisy has petals! The earliest mention of a cocktail like the margarita was made in 1936 by a newspaper editor from Iowa. Apparently, the drink became popular in the 30s when Americans were escaping to Mexico to flout prohibition rules. The editor wrote that he found this elixir in Tijuana. In 1937, there was a cocktail called the Picador published in The Cafe Royal Cocktail Book that used the same 2-1-1 ratio of tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice. Another tale attributes it to Carlos "Danny" Herrera at his restaurant Rancho La Gloria, who created the recipe for a patron of his who was allergic to most spirits except Tequila. Yet another states that Dallas socialite Margarita Sames created it at her vacation house in Guerrero in 1948, but this seems dubious. While her name lends the tale a certain amount of credence, Jose Cuervo had been marketing it as early as 1945 with the slogan “Margarita: it’s more than a girl’s name.” Whatever the true origin of this internationally loved cocktail, one thing is for sure - Margaritas are DELICIOUS!