Ode to the Martini
by Avis Yarbrough
With equal parts gin and dry white vermouth, no other alcoholic drink has had the sophistication and the mystique that surrounds the martini. Even more popular and often looked back on with shock is the three-lunch martini 3-ounce of the 1950’s, which will be recreated in the upcoming original AMC series Mad Men
Odes to the martini have come from Winston Churchill, H.L. Mencken, and, Ian Flemming’s iconic character, James Bond. As a result, the martini is cemented in American’s consciousness as something special and probably should be tasted by every adult once in their lives.
Although the martini is said to be invented in the late 19th century, the popular cocktail is viewed the way it is today because of the 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s. Eventually, the martini’s popularity started to drop in the 1970’s, before making a strong come back in the 1990’s.
The martini has evolved over the years. For example, Vodka Martini which was first reference in 1951 book called the “Cocktail Book Bottoms Up” by Ted Saucier, took the place of the traditional gin-based martini.
Even though the vodka martini is still popular, and still requested in restaurants and bars across the country, equally and eagerly, there are now non-traditional martini drinks.
New concoctions include the chocolate martini, pomegranate martini, and apple pie martini. In 1950’s there was nothing more American than apple pie, hence the apple pie martini.
Here are two recipes for an apple pie martini:
6 parts Premium Vanilla Vodka,
1 part Calvados,
1 part dry Vermouth.
The second recipe includes:
Absolut Vanilla Vodka,
1 ounce Brandy,
1 teaspoon of Dry Vermouth,
2 silvers of green apples,
1 chuck of green apples.
The Martini has a never- ending appeal to many people, we can thank the 1950’s and 60’s for making the martini what it is today-always classic and trendy
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Chicago-Based Freelance Writer/Author Avis Yarbrough 