Take, for a moment, the following prompt:

"If you were to crossbreed a Negroni and a Martini, what would you name it, and how would you make it?"

John Cusimano, husband of Rachael Ray has an interesting answer. The name: Negronatini (I rate this response A+, love it, lemme see the recipe). The recipe: see below (my rating: um... interesting)

John's Negroni-Martini lovechild feels a little more chimeramancy than genealogy when he ditches vermouth (common to both drinks) and adds green chartreuse and maraschino (not present in either drink). My theory is that Negroni & Martini are in a relationship and Negroni is happy to be welcoming to the world their new heir, but secretly Martini's been a bit Dirty on the side and shagged with a Last Word 😳

Complications of this love triangle aside, we shook up this drink and found that the original recipe (which doesn't call for olive brine) needed a tweak to make this really come together!

The added salinity and brine really let the chartreuse shine brighter than the maraschino as opposed to the other way around in a last word. I think an accurate flavor analog is like it's drinking a saltwater taffy, with emphasis on the salt water. A very coastal drink with a questionable upbringing.