Tag: Martini
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Locavore Vesper
Last week, while chatting about cocktails, a coworker reminded me of the classic Vesper.  Loved by James Bond, enjoyed, but not truly loved, by me the last time I mixed it up and reintroduced to the world during Casino Royale this is a cocktail I should love.  Strong measure of gin, some bitterness and a bit…
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Dan’s Classic Martini
Last week I posted about the differences between shaking and stirring. Since the post was focused on the merits of shaking or stirring Martini like drinks specifically Dan mentioned a classic take on the Martini that he had recently mixed up. A couple months ago my family was having a big old gathering at our…
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The Martini – An Elegant Drink To Be Sure
Whether you’re drinking it with classic Gin, or the favored Vodka, dirty, extra dirty, with olives, with a twist, with orange bitters or completely unadulterated one thing is for sure, you feel more sophisticated while drinking this elegant drink. The Martini is a dirnk that has spawned an entire generation of cocktail drinkers. Whether its…
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The Wunderlich Clan Martini
As a kid, whenever we went to any of my Mom’s family there was always a mysteriously frozen bottle of drinks in the freezer. This bottle would come out in the evening and usually accompanied games of cribbage or talking in to the night. I knew back then that these were the family recipe for…
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The Martini
Surely everyone living in the age of James Bond movies, and books, has heard of James’ favorite cocktail, The Martini. Now, at this point, I should mention that in the books James’ cocktail of choice is not, in fact, a Vodka Martini, Shaken, not Stirred, but a Vesper or one of a number of other…