Apéritif

<b>JAMES BEARD AWARD FINALIST - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FOOD NETWORK</b><br><b><br>Grab a light drink and a bite and enjoy cocktail hour the French way.</b> <p/>For the French the fleeting interlude between a long workday and the evening meal to come is not meant to be hectic or crazed. Instead that time is a much needed chance to pause take a breath and reset with light drinks and snacks. Whether it's a quick affair before dashing out the door to your favorite Parisian bistro or a lead-up to a more lavish party <i>Apéritif</i> is about kicking off the night rousing the appetite and doing so with the carefree spirit of connection and conviviality. <i>Apéritif</i> celebrates that easygoing lifestyle with simple yet stylish recipes for both classic and modern French apéritif-style cocktails along with French-inspired bites and hors d'oeuvres. <p/>Keeping true to the apéritif tradition you'll find cocktail recipes that use lighter low-alcohol spirits fortified wines and bitter liqueurs. The impressive drinks have influences from both Old World and New but are always low fuss and served barely embellished--an easy feat to pull off for the relaxed host at home. <p/><i>Apéritif </i>also offers recipes for equally breezy bites such as Radishes with Poppy Butter Gougères Ratatouille Dip and Buckwheat-Sel Gris Crackers. For evenings that are all about ease and approachability without sacrificing style or flavor <i>Apéritif </i>makes drinking and entertaining at home as effortless fun and effervescent as the offerings themselves <p/><b>Praise for <i>Apéritif</i></b> <p/>With a dram of humor Ms. Peppler provides a primer with the history and uses of various apéritifs.<b>--<i>The New York Times </i> 19 Best Cookbooks of Fall 2018</b><br><b> </b><br>With witty and honest prose and stunning photography this book is one to keep out on the coffee table (or bar cart).<b>--<i>Food & Wine</i> Best Cocktail Books of Fall 2018</b> <p/>Step aside Italian aperitivo. This book moves over into the equally stylish and luxurious territory of the French cocktail hour providing recipes for classic and contemporary before-dinner French cocktails along with light bites.<b>--<i>Epicurious</i></b>