Drink Recipes

My husband swore he hated Halloween cocktails. For years. “Too sweet, too gimmicky, too much work for one night,” he’d say every October while I … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a very specific craving for something spooky and sweet. I’d promised my … Read more

The first real cold snap of November hit like a wall. I was standing at the farmer’s market, hands wrapped around a paper cup of … Read more

This was supposed to be a fancy French 75. I had the gin, the champagne, the lemon—everything laid out on the counter like I was … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just toss everything in the slow cooker and let it do the work. I started to explain why that … Read more

I swore I wasn’t a wassail person. For years, I’d side-eye those big slow cookers full of spiced cider at holiday parties, thinking it was … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of our local grocery store last Tuesday—a completely ordinary errand, nothing special—when the person next to me dropped … Read more

The neighborhood holiday party was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-layered desserts you see on magazine … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return her hedge clippers on a chilly Tuesday afternoon, and the smell … Read more

There used to be a tiny coffee shop tucked into the corner of an old brick building on Main Street in my town that made … Read more