Drink Recipes

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

My neighbor across the hall, Mrs. Gable, is in her seventies and has raised four kids and a rotating cast of foster cats. She watched … Read more

My sister-in-law, Brenda, swore she hated sangria. For years. Ten years, at least. Every time someone suggested it for a gathering, she’d make this little … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a corkscrew—mine had vanished into the same drawer dimension where single socks go—and … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday in October, and I was absolutely, unreasonably determined to make a Halloween punch that didn’t suck. I … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a very specific craving for something warm, spiced, and just a little bit boozy. … Read more

My fall brunch was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d remembered to send the invites, bought the cute little pumpkins for … Read more

I was folding laundry last Tuesday when the smell hit me. Not from my kitchen — it was a candle at a neighbor’s house, carried … Read more