Prairie Rose is Food & Wine's senior drinks editor. A trained sommelier, cocktail book author, and wine and spirits educator, in addition to Food & Wine she is also the senior editor of Liquor.com.

Sparkling wine makes the perfect base for holiday cocktails—it’s easy to use, typically lower in alcohol and elevates any drink with its effervescent appeal. Drinks expert Colin Asare-Appiah, trade ...

Classic holiday cocktails, clockwise from left, poinsettia, mulled wine, hot buttered rum and apple cider margarita at The Wishing Well. Hot buttered rum at The Wishing Well. Mulled wine at The ...

This “flip” is such an old drink that it predates the word “cocktail.” It also predates whiskey and rum. The drink goes back to old taverns and sailing ports in the 1400s/1500s and is meant to nourish ...

The Brandy Alexander is the perfect creamy dessert cocktail. And let’s face it, with Halloween leading into the holidays, we’re all going to be hitting the desserts a little harder than usual. As fall ...

The heartwarming flavors and spices of fall, including pumpkin, apple cider, cranberry, maple, cinnamon, clove, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, sage, rosemary and thyme, are great ingredients to use when ...

My love for sangria runs deep. I enjoy learning about and sampling how different people approach this classic drink, and nearly always order it when it's on a restaurant menu. It’s cool and refreshing ...

Learn how to make this cold weather treat with traditional recipes and global twists like Szechuan- or tropical-inspired formats. ByJillian Dara, Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent ...