The Elegant Martini: Celebrating Seductive Recipes for Appetizers and Libations

by Kathleen DeVanna Fish

There was a time when elegant, coupled with martini, would have been redundant. When anyone who knew how to make a martini was upper crust, and anyone who knew how to swill a martini, deserved one. You had to be old enough, successful enough and dashing enough to serve one; pretty enough to accept it; and sophisticated enough to consume it. There was a look, a pace, a ritual and a message, and anyone who was anyone knew it.We like to pretend it was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883214319
• ISBN13: 9781883214319
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

With over 100 martini recipes, how can you go wrong?

Whether you like your martinis shaken or stirred, you will find one the perfect martini in this book. The Martini/Appetizer Pairings tell you what Martini to serve with what appetizer. Try the Melontini from the Lenox Room in NYC (made with watermelons) and the "007 - Shaken, not Stirred" from the Viper Room in West Hollywood.