Steven Meltzer

hat a delght to see a fellow old school dry martini defender speaking out against froofy pretenders, the silly-named usurpers of the martini name. I’ve always favored the (apocryphal?) Churchill recipe: shake gin over ice, glance at a bottle of vermouth across the room, and serve. And I herein propose an even drier dry: shake gin over ice, imagine a bottle of vermouth, and serve. Here’s to holding out!