There are certain magic moments in the French day. One is l’apéritif; the apéritif hour. It’s purpose
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I love l’apéritif. Before guests arrive, I clear one side of the work island in my kitchen and set it with glasses and small dishes I’ve prepared. When guests arrive, all is ready. This masks the fact that
dinner never is. No one really notices this highly un-French behavior (French cooks are always ready when their guests arrive), because while I finish cooking
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I have one rule for the apéritif hour: We all drink the same thing. It might be my rum and lime punch in the summer. Otherwise, I offer wine – white, rosé, bubbly, or red. My reason is simple. I want, from the minute a guest walks in my door, for the moment to be shared fully. If everyone
