Handle any emergency with Howcast’s First Aid app – howc.stExpand the description and view the text of the steps for this how-to video. Check out Howcast for other do-it-yourself videos from Tamara and more videos in the Mixed Drinks category. You can contribute too! Create your own DIY guide at www.howcast.com or produce your own Howcast spots with the Howcast Filmmakers Program at www.howcast.com The days of the three-martini lunch may be over, but this sophisticated drink will never go out of style. To complete this How-To you will need: 2 1/2 oz. gin (or vodka) Ice 1/2 oz. dry vermouth Small, chilled olives with no pimento A mixing glass A cocktail strainer A clean napkin or cloth A martini glass A long spoon And a toothpick Step 1: Chill glass Chill the martini glass by filling it with ice and water and set it aside. Tip: Martinis should be very cold—storing your martini and mixing glass in the freezer will keep your finished drink even cooler, longer. Step 2: Fill with ice Fill the mixing glass with ice. Step 3: Add gin Add the gin. Tip: A traditional martini is made with gin, but a vodka martini simply replaces one liquor with the other. Step 4: Add dry vermouth Add the dry vermouth. Tip: A dry martini has less vermouth—for a very, very dry martini, just coat the ice cubes with vermouth, then dump out the actual liquor. Step 5: Stir Stir with the spoon about 50 times, making sure your liquids are well mixed and chilled by the ice. Save the “shaken, not stirred …

For ten years, Sheldon Nadelman took thousands of black and white photographs while bartending at the Terminal Bar, Times Square’s most notorious watering hole of the 1970s. Murray Goldman, the bar’s owner since 1957 was Sheldon’s father-in-law as well as the filmmaker’s grandfather. In Porters, Bouncers, and Bartenders, the third installment of the Terminal Bar series, we explore the staff who worked at the bar during Sheldon’s decade-long stint. The interviews of Sheldon were shot in the year 2000. • voiceover by Tom Clifford: voiceoverguy.tv • narrated text written by Oorde Coombes from the article “The Roughest Bar In Town” December 1, 1980 • music by Dick Zved • sound assistant Kris Hutchison More info on the original 22 minute Terminal Bar short film can be found here: homepage.mac.com For the preceding installment “Pimps and Prostitutes”: www.youtube.com visit Sheldon’s blog and see his other work: ‪mynameisdoom.blogspot.com To see more of Stefan’s work visit ‪www.touristpictures.com‬

How to make a Bacardi cocktail; get expert tips on mixing cocktails in this free bartending video. Expert: Endre Tornoczi and Istvan Petz Bio: Endre Tornoczi is the founder of Flair Cocktail Service company and a 3 time Fair mixer champion. Filmmaker: Paul (Leopold) Volniansky

ow.ly It is thought the modern version of the Dry Martini originated as a variation of the Martinez made by Julio Richelieu in the late 1800s. Back then it was a wineglass of Italian sweet vermouth and a pony (1 oz) of gin. Nobody really knows how it transformed into a teardrop of dry vermouth…

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Stock a great home bar with these essential liquors and alcoholic mixers. Explore the types of alcohol a home bar requires with these tips from an award-winning bartender in this free bartending video. Expert: Babz Zerillo Bio: Babz Zerillo has been bartending for more than five years. During that time Zerillo has worked at a martini lounge and at private clubs, restaurants and neighborhood bars. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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Liquors are popular alcoholic beverages also called ‘spirits’ and consumed alone or in mixed drinks. Learn types of liquor found in bars and what drinks they make from an award-winning bartender in this free bartending video. Expert: Babz Zerillo Bio: Babz Zerillo has been bartending for more than five years. During that time Zerillo has worked at a martini lounge and at private clubs, restaurants and neighborhood bars. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

Esquire drinks correspondent (and Beard Award–winning author) David Wondrich profiles his perfect martini, the Pegu Club’s Fitty Fitty, which features equal parts vermouth and gin. Pegu Club co-owner Audrey Saunders adds her thoughts as she pours. ======================CHOW.com========================= Want to see more perfect preparations? Check out The Perfect show page for more of what we think is great: www.youtube.com For more recipes, stories and videos, check out www.chow.com CHOW on Twitter: twitter.com CHOW on Facebook: www.facebook.com ========================================================