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...challenge of my generation is not only to create practical solutions for conservation but also to do what our grandparents did: put on a sweater. Michelle Sisson, FAIR OAKS, CALIF...
...challenge of my generation is not only to create practical solutions for conservation but also to do what our grandparents did: put on a sweater. Michelle Sisson, FAIR OAKS, CALIF...
...books. "Up until that time in the 1960s, when you said martini, you meant a gin martini ... and gin martinis you don't want to shake because there's a theory that it will bruise the gin as air gets in there and the ice dilutes the drink," Sisson says. "Then Bond ordered a vodka martini, and with vodka, it doesn't really matter if you shake it. So it didn't take that long for sales of vodka martinis, shaken and not stirred, to go through the roof...
...sure, Bond's tastes have not always caught on. Sisson says the Vesper struggled to become a fad because Lillet wine is hardly ubiquitous, available only in select bars and lounges. He also says that Bond's affinity for Bollinger champagne has not quite caught on with typical American drinkers...
...average drinkers might benefit from one of Bond's lesser known inventions: a hangover cure. "Brandy with club soda and a couple of phensic tablets," Sisson says. "You don't imagine Bond having a hangover, so this shows a very different side of him." (See TIME's complete "Bond Week" coverage...