<Tr> <Th> Preparation </Th> <Td> Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice . Shake well and strain into cocktail glass rimmed with salt . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Margarita recipe at International Bartenders Association </Td> </Tr> <P> A margarita is a cocktail consisting of tequila, triple sec, and lime or lemon juice, often served with salt or sugar on the rim of the glass . The drink is served shaken with ice (on the rocks), blended with ice (frozen margarita), or without ice (straight up). Although it has become acceptable to serve a margarita in a wide variety of glass types, ranging from cocktail and wine glasses to pint glasses and even large schooners, the drink is traditionally served in the eponymous margarita glass, a stepped - diameter variant of a cocktail glass or champagne coupe . </P> <P> 1937 Cafe Royal Cocktail Book contains a recipe for a Picador using the same concentrations of tequila, triple sec and lime juice as a Margarita . One of the earliest stories is of the Margarita being invented in 1938 by Carlos "Danny" Herrera at his restaurant Rancho La Gloria, halfway between Tijuana and Rosarito, Mexico, created for customer and former Ziegfeld dancer Marjorie King, who was allergic to many spirits, but not to tequila . This story was related by Herrera and also by bartender Albert Hernandez, acknowledged for popularizing a Margarita in San Diego after 1947, at the La Plaza restaurant in La Jolla . Hernandez claimed the owner of La Plaza, Morris Locke, knew Herrera and visited Mexico often . </P>

How did the drink margarita get its name