Drink Recipes

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, wasn’t trying to throw a party that Saturday afternoon. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished after the … Read more

My neighbor Karen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar—cliché, I know, but I was halfway through a … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday in late September, and I had a very specific craving for something crisp, cold, and just a … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle of the grocery store last October when a blast of cold air hit me from the open … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just dump everything into the slow cooker and let it do its thing. I was midway through explaining … Read more

My sister swore she hated Halloween punch. For years. “Too sweet, too sticky, too much going on,” she’d say, wrinkling her nose at every party … Read more

By the third Halloween party I’d brought this punch to, I stopped pretending I was experimenting. I was just making it again—same green ice ring, … Read more

My sister-in-law, a self-proclaimed Halloween purist, told me dry ice in a punch bowl was “gimmicky” and “more trouble than it’s worth.” She stood in … Read more

This was supposed to be a standard mulled wine. You know, the kind you simmer on the stove with oranges and cinnamon sticks, filling the … Read more

There used to be a little corner café in my neighborhood called The Cauldron that made a Halloween punch I still dream about. When they … Read more