If you ever find yourself at a farmers’ market in France, you will quickly learn two things: that the longest queues denote the highest quality produce and the lengthiest discussions about how best to use it; and that the answer to “What would I make with this ingredient?” is nearly always “Apéro!”
The word itself is a shortening of apéritif, which, according to the Cambridge dictionary, means “an alcoholic drink, especially one that is drunk before a meal”. To the uninitiated, it might sound like pre-dinner drinks with a nibbly or two to soak up the alcohol.
