Martini, Straight Up

Lowell Edmunds

• 06 juni 2003
• 9780801873119

Samenvatting:

From its much-debated origins in the 19th century, through its popularity with various sets in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, to its resurgence with retro-hipsters, Lowell Edmunds traces the history and cultural significance of the Martini cocktail.



From its contested origins in nineteenth-century California; through its popularity among the smart set of the 1930s, world leaders of the 1940s, and the men in the gray flannel suits of the 1950s; to its resurgence among today's retro-hipsters: Lowell Edmunds traces the history and cultural significance of the cocktail H. L. Mencken called "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."