Aperitivo: The Cocktail Culture of Italy

Beautiful book with wonderful recipes that are not ordinary. Beautiful photos. Excellent explanations of ingredients and suggestions for substitutes for expensive ingredients. A very special book. So helpful to have a book with recipes for drinks and small dishes. Takes out the guess work. Guests will be very impressed with the drinks and the small dishes. Would make a very special gift for any host or hostess.

This book is filled with gorgeous photos! If you love Italy or want to experience Italy, this is a great book. Delicious food and cocktails and the tradition of the social cocktail hour. I have this book and have given 3 as gifts.

This was a special treat for me. I love Italian cocktails using Campari especially. However, the real surprise and treat came with the recipes of the lovely dishes that pair will with the respective cocktail. Lovely photos and easy to follow recipes. What fun!

This book inspires me to create Aperitivo for friends and clients. Growing up in a Brooklyn~Italian family late summer afternoons serving vegetable dishes fresh from the garden and A&S Pork Store cheeses, olives and Italian meats with cocktails created cherished memories. Aperitivo: The Cocktail Culture of Italy beautifully captures the spirit of the incredible flavors and pairings of an Italian cocktail culture. It's a Classic! This book will go right next to Ada Boni when I'm not using it.

As other reviews state, and true to the Italian character, this book is very balanced - maybe even more about food than drink. I have enjoyed both - and some of the truly Italian drink concoctions are just so simple, so ordinary in ingredient, and so Italian in taste. Wonderful! and I'm Irish...

What a lovely and educational book Aperitivo is. I enjoyed reading every page and felt like I was in Italy. The recipes are well laid out and easy for this non-cook to prepare. Making a recipe and a cocktail from this book will certainly impress your friends.

Great regional recipes. My husband is Italian and even he learned something about making eggplant balls and other Italian appetizers. Easy to read and Easy to follow the recipes. We are enjoying it!

Such a beautiful book, with wonderful recipes and photography! Love how the book has been organized, taking us on this journey through Italy through the cocktail culture (my favorite time of the day!). I appreciated learning more about some of the liquors that I've been drinking for years (and didn't know much about), but now have new ways to enjoy them and pair these drinks with delicious bites. I'm excited to explore more recipes in this book and now I'm even more inspired/intrigued to go to Italy!

Love it.

It's a collection of History cocktail recipes and light snacks organised by region in Italy. Wonderful!

Great recipes ….very informative

Bella Bella Bella, don't know what else to say this captures the magical hours between 5 and 7 in Italy perfectly