Saturday, September 12th, 2009
The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.
-DeVoto, Bernard
In Harper's Magazine, Dec.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
-Epstein,JuliusJ
Humphrey Bogart as ...
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
The best known of David Embury's six basic drinks everyone should know (the others are the Jack Rose, the Manhattan, the Old-Fashioned, the Daiquiri, and the Sidecar), the martini is synonymous in the public imagination with cocktail culture. Neon signs depicting cocktail glasses and olives advertise cocktail lounges, and the ...
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