The 007 Drinks Archive: Every Bond Drink, One Book

via Kickstarter

Skip the flight to Mayfair. The best Bond bar is the one you build at home, and this is the book that belongs on it. Author Chris Distin spent more than two years and 3,000-plus hours cataloging every drink, bottle, glass, and bar tool across Ian Fleming's 13 novels and the 25 EON Productions films — more than 70 years of 007. Along the way he settles the Vesper Martini myth (sorry, Duke's Bar in London) and digs into details like the origin of the first Martini glass and the exact porcelain pattern Bond owns in the books. It runs nearly 500 pages at coffee-table size, printed and bound in Germany with a leather-optic cover and gold embossing as standard; a special edition swaps in recycled leather. Augmented reality pages, viewed through the Artivive app, play footage of bartenders mixing Bond's drinks right alongside the text, and an interactive map points you to 37 London bars, hotels, and restaurants tied to Fleming himself. On Kickstarter through July 24, from $79.