Drink Recipes

My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a corkscrew for a party I was hosting that night, and this … Read more

The Halloween party was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to be in charge of the punch. Everyone else would be … Read more

My niece asked why I couldn’t just use lime sherbet instead of making a complicated layered punch. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more

There used to be a little cider mill on the outskirts of town, the kind of place with a gravel parking lot and a wooden … Read more

I’m not someone who usually keeps fancy cocktail ingredients around. My liquor cabinet, if you can call it that, is a mismatched collection of bottles—half-empty … Read more

The ice was supposed to be the star. I had spent an hour freezing little plastic spiders and gummy worms into ice cube trays, convinced … Read more

The Friendsgiving was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten I was in charge of the welcome drinks. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate casseroles … Read more

My friend Jenna had sworn off sangria for years. “It’s just sugary wine with floating fruit chunks,” she’d say, wrinkling her nose every time someone … Read more

The man at the apple stand watched me pick up and put down the same Honeycrisp three times. He didn’t say anything at first — … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of my local grocery store last October, staring at a tiny bottle of “pumpkin spice blend” that cost … Read more