The Martini - Cocktail Recipe Book

America's celebrated cocktail is at the center of The Martini book with recipes every home bartender or professional is sure to enjoy. This book has been a Cookbook Village customer favorite. 

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Format: Hardcover and dust jacket, 132 pages 

Copyright: 1995 

Publisher: Chronicle Books 

Author: Barnaby Conrad III 

ISBN: 9780811807173

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Description: Achilled crystal glass; the purest gin; a touch of dry vermouth, vigorously shaken, not stirred, and a plump, green olive. The Martini was and still is more than just a cocktail. Originally mixed in the nineteenth century, it became an American icon in the twentieth, and the favorite drink of such luminaries as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Jack London, and Ernest Hemingway. Bernard De Voto called the Martini the "supreme American gift to world culture," while H. L. Mencken declared it "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet." 

The Martini celebrates the drink's renaissance with a colorful look at this intoxicating symbol of the American Dream. As author Barnaby Conrad III writes, the very word Martini is "a nostalgic passport to another era ... when women were either ladies or dames, when men wore hats, and when a deal was done on a handshake." Along with this fascinating text, a fabulous array of Martini-inspired art, cartoons, collectibles, advertisements, and film stills reveal how deeply this classic cocktail permeates every aspect of American culture, from literature and film to politics and high society. 

Complete with bartending lore, traditional Martini recipes, and literary excerpts, as well as memorable scenes from James Bond movies and more, The Martini satisfies that ultimate quest for perfection, whether you prefer it with an olive or a twist. 

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Condition: Bookboards, interior pages and dust jacket are in very nice condition. 

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