Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
When the vegetables are abundant, it's too hot to cook, and the friends are down to hang… it’s Apero Hour. Apero Hour, in the traditional Italian manner is the meal before dinner, but it can also be dinner. Apero Hour is any hour, and it can also last more than an hour. While it can be nearly anything you like, I enjoy representing categories as such: a dip, a nut, an olive, a fish, an cheese and vegetables. In this video we're making The Dip (creamy, spicy, tangy), Slightly Sticky Walnuts, Spiced, Marinated Olives, all set out with an melange of vegetables, delightful anchovies and some hard, salty cheese. To drink, we're skipping the traditional spritz and going for a version of a Paper Plane, one of my favorite whiskey cocktails (I’m using Makers 46) that's got amaro for sweetness, aperol for bitterness (and that COLOR) and lemon for refreshing tartness. It doesn’t disappoint and neither does Apero Hour.
Thank you to Maker’s Mark for sponsoring this week’s episode. We continue to love your whiskey and find endless uses for it, all year long- including in this very exceptional, wildly refreshing Paper Plane (on Ice). To get your own bottle, head to makersmark.com/alisonroman
#snacksfordinner #apero #alisonroman
Purchase Sweet Enough HERE penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608061/sweet-enough-a-dessert-cookbook-by-alison-roman
Purchase Nothing Fancy and Dining In HERE alisoneroman.com/books
Purchase Sweet Enough (AUS & UK) HERE cook.hardiegrant.com/sweet_enough
RECIPE: anewsletter.alisoneroman.com/p/for-when-you-arent-going-to-europe
VIDEO CREDITS:
Director: Daniel Hurwitz (@dannyhurwitz)
DP: Dennis Robert Thomas (@dennisorthomas)
B-Cam: Sean Ryan
Audio: Yves Albaret (@yvesarmand)
Editor: Alec Cohen (@alec_cohen)
Culinary: Rebecca Firkser (@rebeccafirkser)
VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 An important, not at all jokey disclaimer
1:02 Home Movies with Alison Roman
1:07 The core tenets of Apero Hour
2:53 The Dip
8:58 Preparing to the olives
10:49 Anchovies (sue me)
11:29 Artichoke hearts, crudités, walnuts, cheese,
14:12 Paper Plane Cocktail
16:29 Time for Apero Hour
When the vegetables are abundant, it's too hot to cook, and the friends are down to hang… it’s Apero Hour. Apero Hour, in the traditional Italian manner is the meal before dinner, but it can also be dinner. Apero Hour is any hour, and it can also last more than an hour. While it can be nearly anything you like, I enjoy representing categories as such: a dip, a nut, an olive, a fish, an cheese and vegetables. In this video we're making The Dip (creamy, spicy, tangy), Slightly Sticky Walnuts, Spiced, Marinated Olives, all set out with an melange of vegetables, delightful anchovies and some hard, salty cheese. To drink, we're skipping the traditional spritz and going for a version of a Paper Plane, one of my favorite whiskey cocktails (I’m using Makers 46) that's got amaro for sweetness, aperol for bitterness (and that COLOR) and lemon for refreshing tartness. It doesn’t disappoint and neither does Apero Hour.
Thank you to Maker’s Mark for sponsoring this week’s episode. We continue to love your whiskey and find endless uses for it, all year long- including in this very exceptional, wildly refreshing Paper Plane (on Ice). To get your own bottle, head to makersmark.com/alisonroman
#snacksfordinner #apero #alisonroman
Purchase Sweet Enough HERE penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608061/sweet-enough-a-dessert-cookbook-by-alison-roman
Purchase Nothing Fancy and Dining In HERE alisoneroman.com/books
Purchase Sweet Enough (AUS & UK) HERE cook.hardiegrant.com/sweet_enough
RECIPE: anewsletter.alisoneroman.com/p/for-when-you-arent-going-to-europe
VIDEO CREDITS:
Director: Daniel Hurwitz (@dannyhurwitz)
DP: Dennis Robert Thomas (@dennisorthomas)
B-Cam: Sean Ryan
Audio: Yves Albaret (@yvesarmand)
Editor: Alec Cohen (@alec_cohen)
Culinary: Rebecca Firkser (@rebeccafirkser)
VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00 An important, not at all jokey disclaimer
1:02 Home Movies with Alison Roman
1:07 The core tenets of Apero Hour
2:53 The Dip
8:58 Preparing to the olives
10:49 Anchovies (sue me)
11:29 Artichoke hearts, crudités, walnuts, cheese,
14:12 Paper Plane Cocktail
16:29 Time for Apero Hour
