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The Martini’s New World Order

ORDER A MARTINI AND YOU MAY BE ASKED: GIN OR vodka? Shaken or stirred? Wet or dry? Olives or a twist?

Perhaps it’s the ritual of hospitality—which is the unspoken ingredient in every martini—that makes it a sacred cow of cocktail culture. Treat the

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