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Anyone who's been to cocktail bar in the past ten years knows that bitters are as integral to drinking as booze itself. But bitters, a potent concoction of herbs, roots, and spices, have long been overlooked as a flavor agent in American kitchens. The world's most ubiquitous bitters is Angostura. First crafted in 1824 by the surgeon general of Simon Bolivar's Venezuelan army, bitters were marketed as remedy for upset stomach and hiccups. Today, the closely guarded recipe is produced on the island nation of
