Ralif Redhammer
Legend
Roger Moore, hands-down. These days it feels like all the superspies are brooding action heroes. Give me the suave, quippy Bond of Moore any day.
Timothy Dalton probably looks most like what Ian Fleming described in his books, if I recall correctly. Handsome, but somewhat cruel-looking.
There are plenty of theories about not "bruising" the gin, or the amount of dilution it provides, but they're all pretty much hogwash. My feeling is that it's just a personal preference thing. Generally speaking, there's nothing that says you can't shake a cocktail without juices, only that it isn't necessary.
And there are some bars that do neither, pouring from bottles kept in the freezer in lieu of ice.
Timothy Dalton probably looks most like what Ian Fleming described in his books, if I recall correctly. Handsome, but somewhat cruel-looking.
And secondarily, why did Ian Fleming think that martinis should be shaken, when bartenders seem to universally say that stirred is the way to go?
There are plenty of theories about not "bruising" the gin, or the amount of dilution it provides, but they're all pretty much hogwash. My feeling is that it's just a personal preference thing. Generally speaking, there's nothing that says you can't shake a cocktail without juices, only that it isn't necessary.
And there are some bars that do neither, pouring from bottles kept in the freezer in lieu of ice.