Bitter Handshake
An after-dinner Fernet Old-Fashioned brightened with a blood orange reduction.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Lizzie Munro
An after-dinner Fernet Old-Fashioned brightened with a blood orange reduction.
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