Fairytale of New York

As far as Christmas songs go, Fairytale of New York is pretty bleak. Instead of chestnuts on the open fire, horses come in 18 to 1; instead ...

Boulevardier

According to my calendar, on December 19th I ostensibly signed special ordered books at The Strand and then took my two year-old to a holida...

Pomegranate Grapefruit Paloma

All January and early February, as glacial winds smacked us in our face on the walk to school — and somehow back too (uphill, both ways, etc...

White Russian

On New Year’s Eve, we attempted to do the reprehensible and take a 6 year-old who usually goes to bed at 7:30 and a pajama-clad infant who w...

Apple Cider Sangria

For about five minutes — before we remembered that we have  an infant, a 6 year-old , two full-time jobs, a not very big apartment, an inter...

The Perfect Manhattan

Welcome to the 1000th recipe on smittenkitchen.com. One. Thou. Sandth. Didn’t I just start this thing? Wasn’t it only supposed to last six m...

Homemade Irish Cream

Look, we all have to draw the line somewhere. I have over the years insisted that making some things from scratch were just crazy, best left...