DIY kitchen crafts are everywhere: cheese-making sets, beer brewing boxes, even grow-your-own-mushrooms logs. But until now, you’d have been hard-pressed to find a make-your-own bitters kit. Starting ...

Some of the ingredients require a little sleuthing, but luckily NYC is a great place to hunt for rare spices. Sahadi’s in Cobble Hill is a good spot for Brooklynites, while Manhattan folks can hit up ...

As soon as Christmas rolls around, bells start ringing, and Ashley starts dreaming up all the DIY gifts she wants to give. Only, once December hits, it’s too late to make all the gifts. Luckily, DIY ...

When Genevieve Brazelton made her first batch of bitters in her San Francisco home in 2010, she had no idea the project would blossom into a flourishing enterprise. It all started when Brazelton was ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. I have about seven bottles of cocktail bitters ...

It all started when Brazelton was testing a recipe for her former urban homesteading blog, On Becoming a Housewife. Having spent years in the restaurant industry, Brazelton was no stranger to the food ...

When Genevieve Brazelton made her first batch of bitters in her San Francisco home in 2010, she had no idea the project would blossom into a flourishing enterprise.