Martini, Straight Up : The Classic American Cocktail /
"In this engaging look at the classic cocktail, Lowell Edmunds traces the history of the Martini back to its American origins in the nineteenth century. Exploring literary and dramatic works as well as newspapers, magazines, cartoons, bartenders' manuals, distillery brochures, and other do...
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
- Time Line: The Martini Decade by Decade
- The Simple Messages of the Martini. Message 1. The Martini is American
- it is not European, Asian, or African. Message 2. The Martini is urban and urbane
- it is not rural or rustic. Message 3. The Martini is a high-status, not a low-status, drink. Message 4. The Martini is a man's, not a woman's, drink. Message 5. The Martini is optimistic, not pessimistic. Message 6. The Martini is the drink of adults, not of children. Message 7. The Martini belongs to the past, not to the present. The Simple Messages Reconsidered
- The Ambiguities of the Martini. Ambiguity 1. The Martini is civilized
- the Martini is uncivilized. Ambiguity 2. The Martini unites
- the Martini separates.