Saturday, April 7, 2012
Dry martini? Sorry, 007, let's make it half a lager
It is in chapter seven of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale that the martini makes its first big appearance. Ordering at a bar in Royale-les-Eaux, 007 is pretty specific about what he wants: "A dry martini. One. In a deep champagne goblet. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?""Gosh, that's quite a drink," says Bond's CIA contact Felix Leiter. The world's most famous spy is
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