Eating Like James Bond

Recipe included

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Not exactly from the Bond novels, but it at least looks the part

I’ve been fascinated with James Bond since the age of nine, when my parents took me to see my very first James Bond film in the theater.

Even though it was Moonraker, I was hooked. I remember having the privilege of staying up late to watch ABC’s Sunday Night Movie, whether it was On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Goldfinger, or From Russia with Love.

These were the days before VCRs and DVD players.

But from those early impressionable years, I realized that the style of James Bond was unique. His wonderful gadgets, witticisms, and impeccable attire were all something to admire and aspire to.

And of course the martinis.

The drink first appeared in his Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, the first James Bond book, published in 1953, and the cocktail is named for the fictional double agent Vesper Lynd.

When Bond orders the Vesper…