When you see the word Angostura in a recipe, the majority of the time it is an ingredient in a classic cocktail.  A brand of bitters, Angostura adds an herbal, spice-filled flavor to traditional drinks like a Manhattan or Old-Fashioned.  Readily available at liquor stores and grocery stores, bitters have become staple ingredients in actual food recipes these days, too.

Take this simple bitters-flavored vinaigrette for example: a mixture of tangy white balsamic vinegar, olive oil, minced shallots, honey and Dijon mustard, a touch of the herbal bitters really changes the color of the dressing and the underlying flavor.  All of these tastes pair beautifully with a bitter radicchio leaf salad mixed with the season’s ripest oranges.  (Try and find blood oranges if at all possible, but a navel orange or even tangerine would work just as well here.)

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