It’s simple: equal parts London dry gin and French vermouth, a dash of orange bitters, a lemon rind twist, and a green olive.

Marion Lougheed discusses storytelling and martini "building" and explains how the telling detail in your story is the olive ...

Adjust brine amount to taste. Cap bottle, shake and store in freezer until well-chilled, at least 4 hours. To serve, set the bottle in an ice bucket and offer cocktail glasses and green olives.

The above, quoted verbatim from my personal notes (minus the asterisks, of course), were my first written thoughts upon trying a proper Olive Oil-Washed Martini. Last year, I was brainstorming ...

Trudy's Mexican Martini is easily made at home and the ... I took small pimento-stuffed green olives and placed them in the center of a small hexagonal ice tray. I covered the olives with the ...

But if you ask for a blue cheese-stuffed olive martini, you might just discover your new favorite drink. Sharp and bitter, yet creamy and zesty, green olives jam-packed with blue cheese add ...

It even (adorably!) has a single green olive gemstone to complement the gold martini glass. This is sort of like the cocktail answer to coffee pods machines, and a great idea for a cocktail night ...