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 …

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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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 ========================================================

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The Drink Chef = thedrinkchef.com Connect with me on Facebook = http Follow me on Twitter = twitter.com The Dirty Martini is a modern variation of the original classic martini. In this version the mixer puts in a strong dash of olive brine in with the original martini recipe, add olives. The brine is the juice that the bar olives come in. Easiest when stored in a squirt bottle, the result is the same… a delicious, salty and savory flavor like no other. I prefer my dirty martinis with blue cheese olives. Cheers!

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