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    Cocktail Bitters

    Brad Thomas Parsons is the author of Bitters : A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas. A recipe for Apple Bitters, as well as outtakes from Parsons' interview are on the Good Food Blog .

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Brad Thomas Parsons

    is the author of

    Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas

    . A

    recipe for Apple Bitters, as well as outtakes from Parsons' interview are on the

    Good Food Blog.

    The full episode

    6 of 7
    Best of 'Good Food,' the 2011 Edition
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:45Eating Dirt
    3. 18:14Breakfast with Vincent Price
    4. 24:32An Unlikely Ice Cream Sandwich
    5. 30:53Eating in Ancient Rome
    6. 38:44Cocktail BittersYou’re reading this
    7. 45:38Lonchera Lane
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Candace Moyer

      Producer of Good Food and Special Projects

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    The full episode

    6 of 7
    Best of 'Good Food,' the 2011 Edition
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:45Eating Dirt
    3. 18:14Breakfast with Vincent Price
    4. 24:32An Unlikely Ice Cream Sandwich
    5. 30:53Eating in Ancient Rome
    6. 38:44Cocktail BittersYou’re reading this
    7. 45:38Lonchera Lane
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