The Martini: Perfection in a Glass Independence Day

The Martini: Perfection in a Glass Independence DaySophisticated, evocative, and delicious, the martini will never go out of style. Appearing in countless moviesBond and beyondit's one of the most popular and well known cocktails of all time. Making a martini is simplicity personified, the classic recipe requiring just two ingredients (not counting the garnish): gin and vermouth. Author Matt Hranek (who also wrote The Negroni) gives readers insight into the drink's nineteenth century origins, as well

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It was named for the "toddy palm" drink in India and made its way to Scotland via the East India Company as a hot whiskey drink of water

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Ever since the standardized wine bottle came into use in the eighteenth century

back-to-basics approach to making custom cocktails that's as fun as it is definitive—from a renowned New York City bartender who's worked everywhere from PDT to Momofuku

mixing glasses

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organic cane sugar

pyramid-shaped tea bags

Simply place a wheel of brie inside