Drink Recipes

Mr. Henderson, who ran the corner fruit stand three blocks from my old apartment, watched me squinting at a carton of store-bought eggnog last December. … Read more

I had a long-standing, very vocal position about hot chocolate. It was a childhood thing, a powdered mix from a packet, and I defended it … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a hardware store last October, of all places, when the smell hit me. Someone had lit one of … Read more

The neighborhood holiday party was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d known about it for weeks, but somehow it slipped right … Read more

“Why can’t you just use apple cider instead of apple juice?” my friend Jenna asked, peering over my shoulder at the grocery list I was … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a drizzly Thursday in late October, and I needed something that felt like mischief in a glass. The kind of … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple pitcher of cranberry-lime spritzer for my niece’s Halloween party. I had this whole vision of a clear, ruby-red … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple limeade. I mean, really simple. I had a bag of limes, a bag of sugar, and a vision … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple mulled wine. I had the oranges studded with cloves, the cinnamon sticks ready, and a bottle of red … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a particularly soggy Tuesday, and I had a very specific craving for something sweet, boozy, and embarrassingly fancy. You know … Read more