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never a dry martini

(e, per continuare con la rima,…..quando si usa Bond with this phrase is never wrong)

Martini A sign in Turin

The title of today's post is inspired by a book that on a number of stories of great journalists and names of contemporary Italian literature whose protagonist James Bond, Ian Fleming of the 007, but in an ironic and interpreted in particular situations.

But it is also a title, what I decided to give the post, which is well suited to describe the habits of James Bond in terms of mixed drinks.

But why in this post I talk about James Bond? Because I recently finished reading the most important book of Ian Fleming " From Russia with Love" which I liked very much.

I saw the film with Sean Connery a long time ago and I remembered almost nothing. So for me to read this book was almost like venturing into a story that I did not know the plot and the contents were, as many of you know, really exciting.

The book took me from cover to cover and I liked it for a number of reasons:

• first how to write di Ian Fleming: personaggi e ambientazioni ben descritti e linguaggio semplice ma incisivo;

• il contesto che circonda il mondo di James Bond (ma questo già lo sapevo per aver visto altri stupendi film con lui protagonista): belle donne, ambientazioni mondane e chic, buon mangiare e bere, armi “del mestiere” sempre sorprendenti ed originali, ecc;

• il fascino, il mistero e le dinamiche dello spionaggio russo, lungamente descritti nel libro;

• il fascino di un mito: l’Orient Express , treno di lusso che collegava Istanbul a Parigi (io adoro tutto ciò che riguarda l’Orient Express e a tal proposito vi consiglio di leggere un bel book called " The golden age of rail travel " by Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Hippocampus editions);

• culinary quotes (not too many, but in this book) that made me realize that Bond was not just a good drinker but also a great gourmand.

James Bond, by definition, is a known admirer of cocktails, some have become famous thanks to him, so that it comes to cocktails Bond, almost to identify a category.

then today I present a mix of Italian origin which Bond drinks in this novel and repeatedly praised in his other adventures: the American .

is the simple recipe:

Ingredients:

• Bitter Campari 1 / 3

• Martini Rosso 1 / 3

• Soda water 1 / 3

Seals: Slice orange, lemon

Pour Campari and Martini Rosso directly into an old fashioned glass (or in a tumbler), with some ice cubes and stir. Add soda water and garnish with half a slice of orange and lemon zest.

Image taken from the book "Cocktails " Compact Guide De Agostini

Many authors argue that this is a cocktail created in Italy in the thirties. His name, as stated in the book of IBA cocktail, perhaps due to Americanize everything and fashion is not quite correct because the ingredients there is nothing American. In fact, the vermouth is the Piedmont, and the Bitter Campari in Milan without it, the soda water was invented in Milan.

But it also says that the name of this pre-dinner cocktail was given in honor of the boxer Primo Carnera, who won in the 30's at Madison Square Garden in New York title dei pesi massimi.

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Sempre a proposito di libri e racconti, ve ne segnalo uno molto più piccolo che ha vinto recentemente il Premio enoletterario Santa Margherita attribuito nell’ambito di una serata piacevolissima a cui ho partecipato e di cui trovate il resoconto qui   e qui . Il racconto vincitore , contenuto in 4.000 battute, di Antonello Farris è veramente degno di questo premio, molto gradevole e direi commovente.

Oltre a voi lettori e frequentatori del web, il racconto sarà letto da un pubblico in qualche modo inconsueto e cioè who buy the most famous bottles of wine S. Margherita, on the back label which will be exactly the same story, contained in five mini-pages ....