Martini cocktails, martini bars and martini culture
American writer James Salter is a Martini hero. He used to enjoyed an exquisitely made martini cocktail every night and, long before he died in 2015 at the age of 90, estimated he had drunk 8,700 martinis in his life. In his book Life is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days, Salter lays out …
Alfred Hitchcock, the Hollywood film director and producer, enjoyed Martini cocktails, and liked these very dry, with just “one short glance at a bottle of vermouth”. I could not find more information on Martini drinking habits of Hitch: can anybody help?
The Martini Hour 