"There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It is not the vermouth--
I think that perhaps it's the gin."
Ogden Nash's irreverent lines are among my favourite poems. Here's my toast to Ogden Nash - 1000 more cocktails he'd want to sing about !
Mixing cocktails in India can be a pain. With no cocktail culture, most of the ingredients needed are just not available. So I've designed these cocktails around stuff available at most Indian stores.
Dressing up a cocktail is an art. The best way to learn cocktail dressing is to see them gloriously presented in one of my favourite blogs - Ideas in Food by chefs Aki and Alex.
And that goes to Jukebox - Cooking challenge from Sunshine Mom.
More poetry! I love that one. I'm sure it helps that I'm a devotee of martinis. ;) I also reprint poems on my blog sometimes! I call the feature, imaginatively, "Food Poetry." When I run across a poem in which food plays a part, I put it into a post; that way I can justify having poetry on a food blog. :)
ReplyDeleteRamki, I haven't read much of Ogden Nash, only three poems to be exact, but you reminded me of him, and I remembered something I had seen - it was this:)
ReplyDeleteTo keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.
Must say, he had a terrific sense of practical humor! No offense meant!
Thanks a lot for sending the cocktail page to Jukebox. Like you said the scope is less but I am sure it is widening!
Just wish I had something to snack on:)