Bitters

Disappointing; I had expected a book with detailed descriptions of the ingredients needed to make bitters, arming the reader with the tools needed to experiment, along with guidelines for what type of bitters to try in what kind of drinks. Instead, there's a bit of history, some bitters recipes, waaaay too many classic cocktail recipes that aren't necessarily even bitters-centric and are freely available all over the Internet, and a puzzling number of new school cocktails that also don't really highlight bitters specifically or do anything to reveal their role. Oh, and there is just WAY too much name dropping and (for some reason) references to the band Pavement (whom I like! but come on!).