Drink Recipes

I was standing in the spice aisle of a crowded grocery store last December, completely frozen. A woman next to me dropped a jar of … Read more

The holiday cookie exchange was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, three-day projects—you know, the ones with … Read more

There used to be this little bookstore café tucked down a cobblestone alley in my old neighborhood—the kind of place that smelled like old paper … Read more

Marta wasn’t making a big deal of it. I’d stopped by to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the smell hit me before I … Read more

I had a long-held position on Halloween parties. They were for kids. The sticky candy, the chaotic costumes, the sugar-fueled chaos. As an adult, I … Read more

The first time I attempted a Halloween party punch, I made the rookie mistake of just dumping apple cider and vodka into a bowl. It … Read more

My nephew asked why I couldn’t just pour all the fruit juice into one big pitcher and call it Halloween punch. I started to explain … Read more

My niece asked why I couldn’t just use lime sherbet instead of making the ice cubes separately. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more

My neighbor Sarah asked why I couldn’t just skip the simple syrup and use apple cider instead. I was in the middle of explaining the … Read more

My sister-in-law, Beth, had been a self-proclaimed sangria snob for a solid decade. Red wine, chopped fruit, a splash of brandy—that was the law, as … Read more