
Martini, Up, With a Blue Cheese-Stuffed Olive
The blue cheese-stuffed olive has proven itself, bizarrely, to be one of the few drink garnishes with real staying power.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The blue cheese-stuffed olive has proven itself, bizarrely, to be one of the few drink garnishes with real staying power.
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