Drink Recipes

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

My sister asked why I couldn’t just melt the chocolate right into the warm milk instead of fussing with a double boiler. It was a … Read more

I was standing in the dairy aisle last Tuesday, completely blanking on what I needed, when a woman walked past me holding a carton of … Read more

The neighborhood holiday party was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, Pinterest-perfect desserts that took three days … Read more

My sister-in-law, Sarah, swore she hated punch for years. She claimed it was always too sweet, too artificial, and tasted like cheap soda mixed with … Read more

I was standing in the middle of the grocery store last October, staring at a display of apple cider like it held the secrets to … Read more