fromSlate Magazine
1 week agoOne of the Greatest Cocktails Has Been Ruined by a Nasty Trend. But There's Hope on the Horizon.
Can you think of anything besides a martini that you'd ever want "filthy"? A filthy cabernet. A cheeseburger most foul. Gross milk. This does not work with really any other item than the martini, and if you've read a bar menu in the past five years, you'd think dirt is the only thing people want. The classic dirty martini-traditionally made with a splash of olive brine-seems almost quaint now, as iterations with olive oil, MSG, olive and tomato vermouths, and other savory ingredients have proliferated.
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