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Covers & Cocktails: High Class Hunch Punch

It’s 2016 everyone! Hopefully, your year is starting out better than mine, which has essentially been a drunken version of Groundhog Day with a significant amount of smudged eyeliner. Now, I’m not big on making resolutions, but one thing I’d like to do this year is help maintain my friendships and foster new ones. A lot of us met in grad school through our publishing program and we’re all very bookish people. The idea of … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails: High Class Hunch Punch

Covers & Cocktails: Mulled Wine

November in Boston (and in other parts of the world) is supposed to mean colder weather. Jill Shalvis on her Instagram is already posting photos of snow, for god’s sake. It’s beautiful by the way, but I prefer to admire that beauty from afar. I chose a warm drink to make this month because I thought I’d need something to keep me cozy and warm in the evenings. However, it’s been in the seventies this … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails: Mulled Wine

Covers & Cocktails: Spicy Lime Margarita

Happy October! The scourge of the pumpkin spice is now upon us. I do not have many personal traditions, but one of the few I do have consists of the annual reading of “It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers.” I’m sorry to disappoint the masses, though, in saying that I will not be flavoring any drinks with pumpkin on Covers & Cocktails. Personally, I’m more of an apple pie girl. But I promise something warm and … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails: Spicy Lime Margarita

Covers & Cocktails: Coconut Mango Daiquiri

Apparently, it’s fall now. However, I was just in Florida for a week and I was pretty sure my face was going to melt off my body. Every crevice felt damp. I should also mention that my family lives in North Florida where the mosquitos are the size of small purse dogs. What I’m trying to say is that it was hot as balls and I wanted a cold, somewhat tropical drink to help me … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails: Coconut Mango Daiquiri