The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., will present a Zoom lecture titled "60 Years of James Bond". Here is the official press release:
Join
film historian Max Alvarez for a multimedia presentation—unredacted and
for your eyes only!—where the mission is to crack the code behind the
high-tech glamour and globetrotting excitement of the 007 film cycle. Alvarez
shares selections from popular Bond adventures as well as archival and
behind-the-scenes production material, including visual breakdowns of legendary
007 stunts and astonishing production design achievements. The occasion calls
for a toast with a very British, Bond-inspired martini (recipe below).
James Bond's Vesper Martini with Recipe
Cocktail
historian Philip Greene, author of The Manhattan: The Story of the First
Modern Cocktail, recreates the drink that Bond instructs a bartender to
make in Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale. The cocktail is named for the
fictional double agent Vesper Lynd, and though Bond originally called for
Gordon’s Gin, Greene favors Tanqueray, since “Gordon’s nowadays is not what it
used to be and Tanqueray is about what Gordon’s was in 1953.” Libations change.
Bond and his Martini are eternal.
Recipe
2
1/4 oz Tanqueray
3/4 oz Absolut Vodka
1/3 oz Lillet Blanc
Shake
well with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon peel.
For ticket info, click here.
(Thanks to reader Joe Shinnick for the head's up on this event.)