Nash, Ogden -- “A Drink with Something In It,” The Primrose Path (1935)

Dave — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:46:04 +0000

There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It is not the vermouth —
I think that perhaps it’s the gin.

Ogden Nash (1902-1971) American poet
“A Drink with Something In It,” The Primrose Path (1935)
(Source)

Child, Julia -- Interview in The World: Journal of the Unitarian Universalist Assoc. (1992)

Dave — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:10:35 +0000

And when people ask me why I’m so healthy, I say, “Plenty of red meat and gin!”

Julia Child (1912-2004) American chef and writer
Interview in The World: Journal of the Unitarian Universalist Assoc. (1992)
(Source)

On her 80th birthday. "Red meat and gin" was frequently mentioned by Child in interviews when asked either (a) her comfort foods or (b) the secret of her longevity. She does not seem to have used it in her writing.

Examples:

Long life: Interview with Rena Pederson
Long life: Quoted in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, requoted in Reader's Digest (1997-01)
Confort food: Source

WIST Quotations

Nash, Ogden -- “A Drink with Something In It,” The Primrose Path (1935)

Child, Julia -- Interview in The World: Journal of the Unitarian Universalist Assoc. (1992)