Martini Moment
November, 2001
The martini--the cocktail that Hemingway wrote made him "feel civilized"--is getting a face-lift. Although the first martini recipe that called for an olive was printed in 1888, today's new wave of premium gins and vodkas uses gamishes that range from cucumbers to oysters. Papa would probably approve. As a correspondent, he was reputed to have gone through World War II with twin canteens, one filled with gin and the other with vermouth. Contemporary martinis call for gins such as Old R...
