Chocolate bars are available in many flavours, but for cooking I prefer plain dessert chocolate, which is mildly bitter, or the French bitter patisserie bars.

Borostyán (5.2% alcohol, amber) - A premium beer introduced in 2003 using a unique roasted malt which gives it an amber color, and a mildly bitter taste.

In another main course, she matches meltingly tender pork belly with mildly bitter braised endive ($18), supported by crisp little roasted potatoes and caramelized garlic cloves.

Tastes range from mildly bitter and "hoppy" to exceptionally bitter.

Meals often begin with a freebie, like a little bowl of delicious pickled daikon, the mildly bitter radish complemented by a sweet sesame dressing.

Some cooks prefer to use a smaller proportion of fenugreek seeds, which have a mildly bitter taste.

The mildly bitter fragrance of the smoke seemed to put the fortune-teller into a trance.

Not that I wouldn't put it past them," Kris said, mildly bitter.

The term "Italian vermouth" is often used to refer to red-colored, mildly bitter, and slightly sweet vermouths.

The mildly bitter leaves are also good as salad greens.