Drink Recipes

Mrs. Gonsalves, my next-door neighbor from the old neighborhood, watched me shivering on my front porch one December afternoon. I was fumbling with a frozen … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished into the garage abyss—and the sight of her … Read more

This was supposed to be a non-alcoholic sparkling lavender lemonade. I had it all planned out—fresh lemons, culinary lavender, a simple syrup I was actually … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine, Margaret, watched me shivering over my sad, watery hot chocolate one chilly October morning. I … Read more

I wasn’t expecting a cocktail lesson from my accountant, but there I was, sorting through a pile of receipts at his cluttered desk, when he … Read more

I wasn’t expecting coffee advice from my accountant, but there I was, buried in receipts during tax season, listening to him describe exactly how to … Read more

My neighbor Gina watched me wrestling a screaming toddler into a too-tight costume and didn’t say anything at first. Then she handed me a cup … Read more

I’d never been a sangria person. Honestly, I thought it was a little bit of a gimmick—fruit swimming in cheap wine, hoping nobody noticed. For … Read more

The plumber was sitting cross-legged on my kitchen floor, surrounded by a puddle of water and a disassembled pipe, when he started talking about sangria. … Read more

My roommate asked why I couldn’t just dip the rim of the glass in maple syrup instead of making a separate simple syrup. I started … Read more