Perfect Spiced Apple Cider Mimosa Recipe
I was standing in the spice aisle of my local grocery store last October, grabbing cinnamon sticks for a different project entirely, when a kid … Read more
I was standing in the spice aisle of my local grocery store last October, grabbing cinnamon sticks for a different project entirely, when a kid … Read more
It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a ridiculous, almost embarrassing craving for pumpkin bread. Not the loaf kind, though. I … Read more
It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had this absurd craving for something autumnal and boozy. I didn’t have the fancy ingredients … Read more
My niece Mia asked why I couldn’t just pour a can of soda over the apples instead of making a complicated syrup from scratch. I … Read more
The power went out halfway through my first attempt at making a proper apple crisp. There I was, standing in a suddenly silent kitchen at … Read more
I wasn’t expecting hot chocolate advice from a retired plumber named Frank, but there I was, ankle-deep in fake spiderwebs at a Halloween block party … Read more
The neighborhood hot chocolate exchange was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate concoctions—hand-whipped ganaches, infused marshmallows, little jars … Read more
Maria watched me fumbling with a bottle of store-bought dressing at the community garden potluck last October. She didn’t say anything at first. Then she … Read more
The woman at the apple stand watched me pawing through a bushel of Honeycrisps, clearly looking for something I wasn’t finding. I was trying to … Read more
There used to be a tiny coffee shop tucked between a dry cleaner and a bookstore in my old neighborhood—not a Starbucks, but a local … Read more