Bringing Bitters Back

Give your home bar a backbone with homemade bitters.

, In Kerrytown, is right there. I love Mary’s selection – I let her pick wines for me anytime. Her store is beautiful. Where do you shop for potent potables in A2?

Is Store-Bought Ice More Germy than Homemade Ice?

Frozen germs are still germs.

This month’s Imbibe takes a stab at introducing a rarely covered but juicy topic in the world of potent potables: port.

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The new Coca-Cola Bev-olution machine takes a hard-core approach to soft drinks.

Have old-school food rags like Gourmet and Food & Wine turned into over-commercialized cheerleaders for the luxe life? The eating readers debate at Chowhound.

The new quarterly installment of The Art of Eating is out, and it features a synapse-searing profile of wines from France’s Jura vineyards.

Food plays a part in many an urban legend.

Visited Tuscany in the late Fall and after having expresso daily, I bought a little Italian-made stove top espresso maker, a two-cup Bialetti. Problem....the instructions were written by an Italian and I can’t make a decent...

It’s more than just ABC (Alcohol Beverage Control for those without them) stores. Bitters fall into two categories, potable and non-potable. Campari is an excellent example of a potable bitter, and Angostura is considered...

had to try it. Tasted like carbonated mauby with a shot of vodka. Not quite thirst quenching, but good for looking tough at parties. Anyone else seen and/or tasted this potent potable?

They were probably closed for a day, and then reopened after resolving their issues, meaning potable water and getting the place sprayed. Their current rating is a B, previously an A in April, 2005, and two Bs previously. They are...

Hey, Rob & co. — sorry I can’t be there tomorrow. But you might have a better time skipping Barrel; took the family there on a pure whim some months ago, and our opinion was this is a bar that should stick to the...

and pastries in the morning, but this is clearly the best west of the river. The coffee is potable, but it’s the pastries I’m really impressed with. Don’t know who they’re getting them from, but...