Cocktail Bitters: History and Tasting Edition
Taught by Sarah Lohman
Sarah Lohman is a culinary historian and the author of the bestselling books Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods and Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine. She focuses on the history of food as a way to access the stories of diverse Americans. Endangered Eating was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by Amazon’s Editors, Food & Wine, and Adam Gopnik on the Milk Street podcast. It was a finalist for the Nach Waxman Prize for Food & Drink Scholarship and winner of the Ohioana Library Book Prize for Nonfiction. Lohman’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and NPR. Lohman has lectured across the country, from the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, DC to The Culinary Historians of Southern California
This class includes everything you need to know about the world's most popular cocktail ingredient--bitters!
* A history of bitters and their link to Victorian medicine.
* A bitters tasting of two classic bitters, as well as three new, artisanal blends. We'll talk about classic bitters makers, as well as new brands.
* Tips on how and when to use bitters.
* A bitters-focused cocktail that's easy and delicious.
* A special sweet treat flavored with bitters.
Impress your friends and improve your cocktails by understanding this complex, versatile, and historic "liquid spice."
In this class, we won't be making our own bitters to take home; if that's what your looking for, check out the extended version of this class.
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