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    Salt that cocktail with a dash of bitters

    Like amari, bitters can be sipped neat or on the rocks. The digestif contains some combination of herbs, bark, roots, fruit, water and alcohol and is a key ingredient in countless cocktails we love, from the Manhattan to the Negroni. We learn from Mark Bitterman that there's no shortage of bitters on the market.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Apr 29, 2016 • 1 min read

    Like amari, bitters can be sipped neat or on the rocks. The digestif contains some combination of herbs, bark, roots, fruit, water and alcohol and is a key ingredient in countless cocktails we love, from the Manhattan to the Negroni. We learn from Mark Bitterman that there's no shortage of bitters on the market. In between bites of potato chips, he sampled 500 of them for his latest book Bitterman's Field Guide to Bitters and Amari.

    Music: "Wanaoh" by Black Heat

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    2. 8:59Warm treviso salad, cotija cheese and peppadew peppers
    3. 15:49The return of rosé
    4. 23:39Touring the spritz trail
    5. 35:45Fan of the bittersweet? Order an amaro
    6. 42:35Salt that cocktail with a dash of bittersYou’re reading this
    7. 53:39A new noodle and dumpling house in Koreatown
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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      Camellia Tse

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    The full episode

    6 of 7
    The Happy Hour Show
    1. 0:30Eat your drink
    2. 8:59Warm treviso salad, cotija cheese and peppadew peppers
    3. 15:49The return of rosé
    4. 23:39Touring the spritz trail
    5. 35:45Fan of the bittersweet? Order an amaro
    6. 42:35Salt that cocktail with a dash of bittersYou’re reading this
    7. 53:39A new noodle and dumpling house in Koreatown
    Back to Good Food