Drink Recipes

The power went out halfway through my first attempt at making this drink. I’m not kidding—there I was, standing in my dark kitchen at 4 … Read more

I was digging through the back of my spice cabinet last Tuesday—you know, that dark corner where whole nutmegs go to die—when the smell of … Read more

There used to be a little coffee shop tucked between a laundromat and a used bookstore on the corner of 4th and Main that made … Read more

My cousin Mark swore he hated Jello shots. For years. Like, a decade at least. He’d make this face—the kind that says “I’m too sophisticated … Read more

I’m not proud of this, but let me be honest with you. The office holiday cookie swap was in less than twelve hours, and I’d … Read more

I swore I hated hot cocoa. For years. Like, my entire adult life, I’d side-eye those packets of powdery mix and mutter something about how … Read more

I was at the hardware store last November, of all places, waiting in line with a new faucet washer and a bag of light bulbs. … Read more

This was supposed to be mulled wine. I had it all planned out—a bottle of red, some cinnamon sticks, the whole fancy deal. But somewhere … Read more

My friend Jen asked me last week why I couldn’t just make hot chocolate in the slow cooker. I started explaining why that wouldn’t work—something … Read more

I wasn’t expecting drink-making wisdom from my plumber, but there I was, standing in my kitchen with a leaky faucet, listening to him describe exactly … Read more