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| | Amazon.com: Martini, Straight Up : The Classic American Cocktail: Books: Lowell Edmunds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Once he has covered the social history of the cocktail, he delves into its origins and its various configurations (martini rituals that are surely as codified as the tea ceremony), and there is a chapter on the classic martini glassthe stemmed, V-shaped vessel with its own iconic powerthat is as elegant as the glass itself. |
 | | He uses a vast array of sources from the nineteenth century on up to prove the enduring quality of this fabled drink and the way it has come to symbolize so many things to so many different kinds of people, whether they are Presidents, bank officials, or everyday housewives. |
 | | With Martini, Straight Up, Edmunds dispells myths and reassures us about a legend who's status may be on the rise, but who's golden era has long since passed. |
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