Once used for medicinal purposes, today's flavor-packed cocktail bitters are spice-laden, herbal extracts that can transform a drink with a mere drop or two. As the name suggests, the alcoholic ...

Get an answer to the age-old question: What are bitters? Plus, learn why you'll want to use them for cooking, not just making cocktails. Here’s a riddle for you: What do old fashioneds, Manhattans, ...

When your belly is upset, fast relief is important. But wouldn’t it be nice to not have an upset stomach to begin with? Digestive bitters can be used to naturally prevent the most common types of ...

Like most people, I drink bitters in cocktails or to undo the effects of too many cocktails. Recently I've been adding them to my SodaStream seltzer as a way to wean myself off LaCroix pamplemousse. I ...

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Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, a new book from Brad Thomas Parsons, will make your kitchen look like an alchemist's lab It's a familiar party phenomenon: every once in a while ...

The Watkins Co.'s Aromatic and Orange Bitters are made with all-natural ingredients and no artificial colors or flavorings. A 154-year-old spice and extract company has turned its bittersweet history ...

Little brown bottles of bitters capped with black rubber stoppers, all lined up on a shelf, might make you wonder, "Do I need a prescription to buy these?" "They used to be considered medicine, you ...

I remember arguing tooth and nail with a server I worked with seven years ago about whether bitters belonged in a Manhattan. The answer is now better publicized, but I had to grab a stack of cocktail ...