Here’s a fun tidbit from To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion by Philip Greene, about the Martini - a Hemingway favorite. It’s said Hemingway named the Montgomery Martini after a top Allied commander in WWII. Montgomery was cautious in battle requiring a 15-to-1 troop superiority before he would commit to fight in battle and so the Montgomery Martini is a dry 15-to-1 ratio of gin to vermouth. This drink debuted in “Across the River and Into the Trees.” Read about Death in the Afternoon (absinthe, Champagne ) or Americano (Campari, Vermouth and seltzer) and enjoy chapters that are chock full of anecdotes about Hemingway, his various hangouts (Harry's Bar in Venice), his cohorts and ex-wives, and the characters in his writing. This book was way more interesting than I would have thought and thoroughly enjoyable. SG
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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