Drink Recipes

My friend Jenna asked me, halfway through decorating her tree, why I couldn’t just muddle the cranberries right in the glass instead of making a … Read more

My fourteen-year-old asked why I couldn’t just skip the heavy cream and use the milk frother on some almond milk instead. I started to explain … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, standing in the middle of a grocery store aisle, listening to Mrs. Gable … Read more

My roommate asked why I couldn’t just use almond milk and skip the syrup. It was last December, and I was complaining—again—about how my favorite … Read more

I wasn’t expecting to get cooking advice from a retired plumber named Earl, but there I was, elbow-deep in a dusty box of vintage Pyrex … Read more

The New Year’s Eve party was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring the signature cocktail. Everyone else would be … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in early December, and I was hit with a craving for something rich, warm, and deeply chocolatey. … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just skip the whole complicated saucepan-and-spice-infusion thing and melt the butter directly into the mug with the rum. … Read more

The woman behind the counter at my local hardware store was maybe seventy-five years old, with hands that looked like they’d spent a lifetime doing … Read more

I was at the hardware store last December, of all places, buying a new showerhead because the old one had finally given up. The guy … Read more