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Article: Stirred, not shaken
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 10, 1996
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There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish that I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It is not the vermouth -
I think that perhaps it's the gin.
Ogden Nash
A Martini is a cocktail, the best in the world, but it is more
than just a drink. It is a 20th-century icon, symbolic of abundance
and optimism and sophisticated high-living. It is an American
institution, venerated by essayist Bernard De Voto as "the supreme
American gift to world culture." Poems, essays and books have been
written about it. Painters, printmakers and film-makers have used
it as a ...