Aperitivo culture on the whole, if you will, has had quite a moment recently — both at restaurants and in bookstore aisles. One of the first cookbooks I can recall tapping into the bounty of Italian snacking was Stacy Adimando's "Piatti: Plates and Platters for Sharing, Inspired by Italy," but in the years since, there's been such a huge surge in interest.

Much like everything lately, TikTok has been the thumb on the scale. The amalgamation of pandemic snacking, the second Italy-set season of “White Lotus” and the rise of “girl dinner" have actually catapulted the trend.