These days it’s nearly impossible to find a good martini. And it’s all James Bond’s fault. He popularized the vodka martini and gin became as unhip as a handlebar mustache. Cocktails, like clothes, are as much governed by fashion as they are by taste, so I am pleased to report, that the classic martini, “the elixir of quietude,” as E.B. White called it, is making a comeback. And here’s how to make it the modern gentleman way...[Read More]