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Grotto or Sage for overnight in Boston?
course, entrees for both, a cheese plate if you still have empty corners to fill, and then desserts. (If you get that far, I further recommend you repair to a place that serves Fernet Branca or other strong Italian digestifs;...
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Becco update
Funny how people’s tastes are different. I love amari. there are several different brands and it used to be hard to get it. Fernet Branca is similar in that it’s a digestiv but much stronger in taste.
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Gin - my anathema
I really enjoy clean botanicals ... but decided to mix .. play/venture off a bit. I thought, the supplement had to be vegetal ... so I’ve given a “drop” of ... Fernet Branca, Cynar, Campari ... and liked the added...
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Cappuccino in the North End ?
Caffe Vittoria is also my favorite just on atmosphere, and the fact that you can get a post-dinner Fernet Branca there, but at the risk of heresy, I think the coffees, including the cappucino, are better at Boston Bean Stock on...
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Cures for food hangovers?
and strained, immediately after an overindulgent meal as an aid to digestion. Far and away the most effective, to my constitution, is Fernet Branca, an Italian potable bitters, Its very strong, very bitter flavor is not to...
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Anise Kendall Square -- WOW WOW
Yay! I’m SOOO glad you like this place as much as I do. First, the incredible tails – You started off with a Fernet Branca - an Italian spirit made from herbs and spices, also good as a digestif. Other tails you left...
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Where to go from here?
these days, but it’s popular for a reason. Applejack or Calvados. If you make enough drinks with sweet vermouth, I’d consider branching out with Punt Y Mes. And of course Fernet Branca! But find out first whether you can...
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Looking for food lit that discusses two people becoming close friends because of their shared love of cooking or eating food
The non-romantic part is tough. But you might look at Cooking With Fernet-Branca, the Booker award finalist by James Hamilton-Paterson. Food acts almost as an unreliable narrator of the novel.
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SF bars/restaurants with rare libations
R Bar in the Tenderloin for Fernet. Actually you can find it more frequently now.... Fernet-Branca has a real following amongst some San Franciscans. http://www.sfweekly.com/2005-12-07/news/the-myth-of-fernet/full
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National Drinks? Tequila is to Mexico as ... is to Other Countries
- France This is one I recommend only trying at a bar. Despite the 120 herbs in it, both the yellow and green were very cloying to me and took a long, long ... long time to finish off. http://www.chartreuse.fr/pa_sommaire_uk.htm...
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"Big Night" at Grotto last night.
Just reading that, I feel like I need a Fernet Branca. Glad to hear Grotto continues to please with this event.
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Reading
's testicles fried in olive oil, Fernet Branca, ducks' eggs, Calabrian pasta with chillies, dumplings, the dark meats of crabs and Paan... Girls don’t enjoy anything, except mild processed Cheddar, fluffy omelettes, Golden...
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Big Night re-creation at Grotto
a much-needed Fernet Branca. Well worth doing, but I still feel like I’m recovering a few days later.
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Prezza again
substantial, just right after a lot of food. Fernet Brancas all around are in order, too, as portions are very substantial, almost too much, though I’ve learned to order more adeptly (I get an app, a 1/2 of pasta, and...
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Anyone else use alcohol as cough syrup?
My father, a retired medical expert and administrator, swears by Fernet Branca, Branca Menta, or a combination of the two. he makes up his mixture and actually keeps it in a cough syrup bottle with a Branca label on it, by his...
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