Dave you are absolutely right. There is an ordinance in Chicago that states to sell unpackaged food you must have potable water. This got rid of most of the hot dog vendors. There has been a running war with the health dept and...

The secret ingredient was probably a packaged spice blend called Spike; many of the bartenders there use it this way. But your acronym choice is rather unfortunate applied to a potable. Ugh.

From today’s LA Times on electrically treated salt water. It can sterilize food (sushi or raw chicken), it can kill anthrax spores, it can clean your kitchen and all the windows in it – and it’s environmentally...

here (which is actually legal since they’re not potable) and it was confiscated. If you’re comfortable with looking the post office employee in the eye and lying when they ask if there’s anything “liquid,...

wine from Europe. While I can’t think of anywhere around town that has a majority of [potable] California wines by the glass, a few places you might try: Les Zygomates – the vast majority of their wines are from France...

Surya – Yummy Indian food with nice wine selections. Unlike a lot of other restaurants with gardens, you’re not crammed in table-to-table. Good potent potables at the bar too!

amari and other potable bitters on my bar for variety. A short pour of potable bitters sipped neat, maybe chilled slightly, is one of my favorite ways to finish a meal.

I was just going to say “cold medicine”! If you’re really sick and want it more medicinal than pleasantly potable, cayenne and / or garlic are good additions.

for recommendations on other potables. I don’t really know anything about rum for example, or cognac. Or any of the liqueurs really so thought I’d throw it out there: if you were setting up a bar what bottle (or more)...

I totally agree with you but I was just kidding about the potable sake.

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...

I’m a member of one of the country’s largest home brew clubs (Brewers United for Real Potables) and people bring plenty of complex food to our monthly meetings. You do need food to go with the beer. We regularly see...

Fresh guanabana is banned from entry by the USDA...although I once, in a rare twist, bought one from a tropical truck somewhere in Brooklyn. No one loves it more than me, and it makes some mighty good potent potable when mixed...

The John Bull got blipped and replaced with El Cholo a few years back. You might try Lucky Baldwin’s in Old Town Pasadena – they have a full list of British potable potables, but not sure what’s on the menu.

/articles/learning_to_take_the_bitters_with_the_sweet . I put it in that class of potable bitters I recommend to folks who have never tried them, as it has a nice sweetness to balance the herbal bitterness. It reminds me of...