Drink Recipes

This was supposed to be a batch of homemade eggnog from scratch. The kind where you temper eggs over a double boiler and whisk until … Read more

Jess wasn’t throwing a Halloween party. She was just having people over to watch a terrible horror movie—one of those cheesy ones from the eighties … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple Halloween fruit punch. I mean, honestly, I had it all figured out—a mix of cranberry juice and ginger … Read more

There used to be a tiny wine bar tucked behind a vintage bookstore in Portland, Oregon — the kind of place with mismatched chairs and … Read more

The garden club meeting had just wrapped up, and I was packing up my leftover lemon bars when Margaret, who’s been tending the plot next … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store last October, minding my own business, when the kid in front of me dropped … Read more

Hand me that cinnamon stick, my neighbor said, peering into my slow cooker with a skeptical squint. I was attempting my first slow cooker bourbon … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a drizzly Thursday in early November, and I was staring into the fridge like it held the answers to life’s … Read more

My neighbor Margo watched me hauling a bushel of apples out of my car trunk last October and didn’t say anything at first. Then she … Read more

My neighbor’s annual fall brunch was in eight hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate分层 pumpkin desserts with homemade whipped … Read more