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Martini: A Collection is one of the best selling martini books ever. Shaken or stirred, vodka or gin, classically dry or boldly flavored, there's a martini for every taste and occasion. There are more than 600 recipes, from the Dry Gin Martini to the fruity Appletini. Also featured is a new mocktini section, with 30 alcohol-free recipes.
Liza Schafhauser was born and raised in Terrace, B.C. After graduating from secondary school, she attended Northwest Community College for a year, and then moved to Nanaimo to study for a diploma in graphic design at Malaspina University College. She has been honored with several awards for her professional graphic design work.
Her love for people and parties was married to her creative talents when she produced The Martini: A Collection. She was inspired to put together the book when she and her boyfriend could not find a martini book that they really liked. Now, when people find out she has written a book of over martini 500 recipes, their first question is always whether she has personally tested them all. "Heck no," Liza laughs, "that's what I have friends for." She does like having an Appletini.
Liza continues to work on her graphic design projects and developing ideas for other books. She lives in Nanaimo with her partner Guy, children Joshua and Haley and their pets, two cats and a black lab named Beethoven.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
THIS compilation better left UNcollected,
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This review is from: The Martini: A Collection (Paperback)
I always say if you're going to do something, do it right - and make sure you get the BASICS right.
This book does neither. I mean, if you can't get THE martini recipe right, how much credibility does the rest of your 700+ recipe collection have? I'm referring to Page 14 of the second printing of this book. The author's version of a Vesper Martini calls for (sit down for this, hold your breath ...) an OLIVE garnish. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! Ian Fleming must be rolling over in his grave. The Vesper Martini, as any martini afficianado knows, comes from the James Bond book, "Casino Royale," author Fleming's first Bond novel (sorry, it was there in the 1950's, long before the 2006 movie with Daniel Craig - although the flick ALSO gets the recipe correct). When you read that book, it very clearly states, about the Vesper Martini, "...add a large, thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?" (Evidently Ms. Schafhauser did not get it.) Look it up, if you don't believe me. And if that's not enough proof, you don't even have to read the novel. Just read "Straight Up or On the Rocks: The Story of the American Cocktail" by Will Grimes, a New York writer. It spells it out: 3 oz of gin, 1-1/2 oz of vodka, 1/2 oz. of Lillet, with a twist of lemon for garnish. He also quotes Fleming. Where Lisa Schafhauser got THIS recipe for a "Vesper Martini" is beyond me. (I guess she's the only one who DOESN'T know the correct recipe for this drink). How ANYONE could mess up something this crucial yet this simple is doubly beyond me. And how she could let it go to a SECOND PRINTING is infinitesimally beyond me. If she can't this one right, why bother with the rest of the book? (Besides, there is really only one species of martini, although it comes in several sub-species: the common thread: gin and/or vodka, vermouth and or Lillet. Anything else is just a cocktail in a martini glass.) That aside, save your money and buy any of the infinitely better martini books on the market. Don't get this one. An author this sloppy when it comes to basic research does NOT deserve your money.
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