Bitters

Place mint inside over-size vintage glass, muddle, remove. Shake rye, lemon, and simple syrup in ice cocktail shaker. Strain into prepared glass filled with crushed ice. Measure grenadine, add bitters, and “sink” into center of cocktail. Top with soda water and garnish elaborately, and you have a Ward Eight. Are you confused yet? Right, I forgot to mention there’s no actual record of what the real Ward Eight recipe is. The drink, though it admittedly tastes quite unpleasant, has survived for more than a century—through the saloon era to prohibition— simply on stories and variations of the recipe. The myth of the Ward Eight has become so engrained in Boston’s history that the truth is quite frankly beside the point. Though the Ward Eight was meant to be a celebratory cocktail named for Lomasney, it’s a bit ironic—considering the fact that he did not drink. A teetotaler champions a cocktail, a symbolic “dive bar” outlives a gourmet 5-star…

“Bitter Pill” is a TIME magazine cover story published by American Journalist Steven Brill in February, 2013. This long report has investigated the egregious billing practice by the hospitals and their executives, and the way how they are using the system in order to maximize their profits. In this extensive and pointed exposé of healthcare cost in the US, Steven Brill has documented several case studies of patients who received disproportionate hospital bills that had little relationship to…

In “Bitter in the Mouth,” Truong avoids the traditional love tale focused on an intense affection, rather she has various dynamic relationships which vary due to different circumstances throughout the story. The relationships are all centred around love ranging from romance, heartbreak, family, friendship and ones that seem strained beyond repair. “Bitter in the Mouth” occurs in Boiling Springs, Linda, who has synesthesia, understands that she is different from everybody in her adopted small…

drain away from his fists where they clenched the broom handle until his knuckles turned pale” (Page 170). Henry was prepared to actually hit Chaz and his gang instead of just running away or talking smack. This turned into a crucial turning point in the novel because Henry overcame his fear of being a Chinese-American and decided that no longer would Chaz control him and who he associated with. Chaz’s ignorance and insecurity was not was over-powered by Henry’s upbringing to do the right…

The Bitter Pill As citizens of America, people do expect government transparency because it really matters people under the government. Democracy Web suggests that the absence of accountability and democracy results in ignorance of people voting in the elections, the meaninglessness of both elections and the idea of public’s desire, as well as the prospectively irresponsible administration (Democracy Web). This statement thoroughly reveals the importance of government transparency and the…

Carol off, a Canadian journalist, travels into the jungle of West Africa to uncover the truth behind the worlds most seductive sweet, cocoa. In her book “Bitter chocolate” she reveals how much blood and horror is mixed into producing the regular chocolate bar on the shelfs you see in your local super markets. She later shows us the history of chocolate, from the Spanish who learn about it from the Aztecs and enslave them forcing them into labour intensive crop harvest and dried with slave…

“The Bitter Pill” starts off with an acrimonious tale of how a man that was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma ended up borrowing from his in-law to pay for his exorbitant cancer treatments. After I picked my jaw from my desk, I started pondering what could the cancer treatment breakdown be that warrants the price to be so high? I, of course, am aware of how corrupt the healthcare system is in the US, but, to what extent, not so much. The medical jargon used in the hospital bill, along with…

Bitter and Bitten is a lawsuit about Lofton Jackson vs. Northwestern University Hospital. Mr. Jackson is a university campus police officer who was called from his post, adjacent to the hospital, to help subdue a patient out of control. He has assisted the ER in the past with these types of patients. Before Mr. Jackson arrived, the patient had informed the ER staff that he has AIDS. It is the hospital policy to inform any staff member if a patient is infected with AIDS and they have done so in…

To some people, small amounts of the compounds phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) taste very bitter; other people do not taste these compounds. In 1932, a scientist by the name of Fox was working in a lab with phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) when a colleague complained about the bitter taste of the chemical dust Fox was spreading around. Fox insisted that it was tasteless. To settle the disagreement, he had other colleagues taste the PTC and discovered that it had a strong bitter taste for some people, while…

A Critical Book Review For The Bitter Road To Freedom. “The Bitter Road to Freedom A New History of the Liberation of Europe” is written by William I. Hitchcock. William I. Hitchcock has earned a bachelor from Kenyon college and his PHD from Yael. William I. Hitchcock is now a professor at the University of Virginia and his work focuses on history from the 20th century. The book Bitter Road to Freedom focuses on WW2 and shows the true results of war and liberation that you normally do not hear…