Drink Recipes

The last place I expected to find the blueprint for my signature fall cocktail was wedged between a 1974 Ford repair manual and a dusty … Read more

The neighborhood Halloween block party was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring the drinks. Everyone else would be showing … Read more

My neighbor, a retired schoolteacher named Mrs. Kowalski, watched me wrestling with a sticky bag of Halloween candy one October afternoon. I was trying to … Read more

The neighborhood holiday party was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten the time—I’d forgotten I was supposed to bring something at … Read more

My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder — ours had mysteriously vanished after a garage sale — … Read more

The Halloween party was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring the punch. My neighbor, Karen, had texted me that … Read more

My niece Maya asked why I couldn’t just use lime sherbet instead of trying to make the punch green with food coloring. I started to … Read more

There used to be a tiny French-inspired café tucked behind a vintage bookstore in my old neighborhood that made a sparkling apple mimosa that I … Read more

My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday night. I’d stopped by to return her hedge clippers and the smell of apple cider … Read more

There used to be a tiny cider mill off the old county highway, the kind with a gravel parking lot and a wooden sign that … Read more