A diner slides into a plush red bar seat at the Red Fox, a hot new spot for pasta in the North End. She doesn’t even glance at the cocktail menu. “A garlic Parmesan martini, please,” she tells the bartender. She, like me, and quite a few other patrons since the Red Fox opened in July, is here to try the restaurant’s garlicky, peppery spin on a martini. The Red Fox’s savory martini, dubbed Aglio E Pepe, is one of many riffs on the classic cocktail that have been showing up around town. The trend is not isolated to Boston, Read more