Dear Henrietta,
I just love Frank Sinatra and so I’m throwing a Rat Pack party this weekend, but I need a recipe for the perfect martini. Can you help?
Signed,
Mr. Ring-a-ding-ding
Dear Mr. Ring-a-ding-ding,
Well, serendipity! You’re in luck!
I just received a martini recipe from one of my local readers, Bart Newell, who is a mixologist and had his “ultimate martini” published in Playboy Magazine in 2004, alongside stories titled “Interview with Matt Damon: I played with Dolls as a Kid,” and “No more Wonderbra: Eva Herzigova, the Supermodel is Super Naked.”
And without further ado, here is the recipe, which is similar to the James Bond Vesper Martini:
Two parts Tangqueray No. 10 Gin
Two parts Grey Goose Vodka
One Part Noilly Prat Vermouth
Shake briefly with crushed ice and serve with the garnish of your choice. My preference is a hand-stuffed imported blue cheese martini olive that I make in my own kitchen.
Enjoy my friend, and thank you, Bart!
Love,
Henrietta
Henrietta Craven was born and raised in New Bern and enjoys gardening, hunting bears and improvisational dance. She is a self-proclaimed expert on a wide variety of subjects including (but not limited to) fashion, mixology, and cooking. Henrietta resides in a lovely Victorian home in downtown New Bern with her five cats: Graffenreid, Bethune, Devereux, Stanton and Carraway.