How FDR Championed The Dirty Martini - Chowhound
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While the dirty martini didn't technically win World War II for the Allies, Franklin Delano Roosevelt made it a silent diplomat of sorts, serving it up at gatherings of heads of state, including one with Joseph Stalin. It was late fall, 1943, and the Allied leaders, including Stalin, were meeting in Tehran, Iran. On the docket? Stopping the Axis powers — plus a martini toast with a teaspoon of olive brine to wash…
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