The France of aperitifs

The aperitif is an essential tradition of the French art of living and our social practices, transcending social classes and sociocultural habits. While imported spirits (whiskey, rum) and beers now dominate aperitif habits, the long French liquorist tradition tends to disappear, taking with it a plethora of once widespread aperitifs. Yet, each French region still has its liqueurs, spirits, and local aperitif specialties, with a few producers continuing the heritage. This book invites you to explore these traditions and flavors, like an invitation to travel across regions in search of local specialties or forgotten aperitifs, to meet their producers or promoters and shed light on this often overlooked aspect of culinary heritage. Structured geographically like a tour of France, this book will present the major aperitifs of each French region, accompanied by tasting advice, historical and cultural insights, and recipes for local culinary specialties, offering the reader a truly original and practical guide to organizing remarkable aperitifs.