Mocktails


GETTING INTO THE THANKSGIVING SPIRITS (& NON-SPIRIT): From Nonna’s Rhody Mule Mocktail to (what else?) a Turkeytini

A few years ago, my wife, Patricia, used cranberry juice and ginger ale to concoct a drink for everyone at the Thanksgiving table. She made it in a pitcher. We served it as our guests arrived, and they  liked it so much, they drank it throughout the entire meal. She subsequently refined it, and we’ve […]

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The Total Teetotaler: Sober And Still Thirsty For Clever Concoctions

Have you heard about the sober curious movement? If not, you’re at least familiar with Dry January. Neither were part of my drinking vocabulary until recently, when my liver decided to speak up about the number of Manhattans I had been happily enjoying on a regular basis. In my younger days, I probably would have […]

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