We’ve come to terms with the fact that we’ll never be able to drive a supercar, fire a Kalashnikov, seduce a sexy international lady or rock tiny sky-blue swim shorts as well as James Bond does. But, goddamn, we can drink like him. No, wait. We can drink better than him.
“Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it’s ice cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?” Sure do, Bond. What our hero is telling us in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale is that his martini is, well, a bit ordinary. With Kina Lillet, a French aperitif, no longer available in its original 1880s recipe, and the fact that shaking a martini causes it to…