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by Robert Herzbrun
From the publisher -
The connoisseur's illustrated guide tells you:
- who wrote a poem to the martini
- who you'll find drinking one today
- what to look for when buying vodka
- what vermouth brings to the martini
- when the martini was first poured
- when to drink one today
- where the first martini was mixed
- where you can buy a six-gallon martini in the United States
- why you must chill it
- why you must drink it
PLUS 268 recipes to make the martini perfect.
PLUS over 60 photographs and illustrations of the martini through history, from the wild west to Mae West, from liquor stills to movie stills, from Prohibition to inhibition to exhibition.