A small, very bitter cup sipped before dinner is one of Europe’s oldest kitchen traditions for a slow appetite and a heavy, sluggish stomach. Here’s how to brew Clif’s liver-and-gallbladder bitters tonic, and why the bitter taste is the whole point.
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