Because it spoils quickly and most people store it improperly, dry vermouth has acquired an unsavory reputation over the years. With a little care, however, it can go from stand-in to starring role in recipes and drinks. The Paupered Chef duo on storage and use—including a recipe for mussels.
" ...the vegetable, animal, and mineral kingdoms have been ransacked for the purpose of discovering remedies capable for strengthening the genital apparatus, and exciting it to action." —John Davenport Aphrodisiacs & Anti-Aphordisiacs, quoted in Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany
Once a year, Hallmark and other corporations call upon us to be sentimental for a day. We are asked to buy roses and chocolate hearts and to suffer the chalky taste of those terrible little candies with cheeky sayings. And, perhaps most important, we are called upon to feed our lovers, exciting them into the romantic fervor required for a memorable Valentine's evening.
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