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Aperitif Scorpion Bowls

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Scorpion Bowl with Amaro and Red Vermouth in a punch bowl.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne

You know scorpion bowls: communally shared, heavily boozed and sugared, hangovers biding their time inside every straw. These updated Apéritif Scorpion Bowls keep the fun and ditch the sting (ugh). All follow the main tenets of apéritif: low ABV, low effort, high reward. Serve these in that ceramic bowl your mom found at a garage sale, a regular large bowl, or a pitcher. If you’re taking them to go, these recipes all conveniently fit into a recently emptied 750 ml bottle.

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