• 1 quart tomato juice
• 1 cup vodka or gin
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon or lime
• 1 tablespoon Worcestshire sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco or to taste
• celery for garnish

Classic Bloody Mary Cocktail

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Bourbon Milk Punch

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• 4 cups milk (low fat OK)
• 5 whole cloves
• 2½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 12 egg yolks
• 1½ cups sugar
• 2½ cups light rum
• 4 cups light cream
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground mace

Egg Nog

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• 6 cups apple cider
• 1/4 cup real maple syrup
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 6 whole cloves
• 6 whole allspice berries
• 1 orange peel, cut into strips
• 1 lemon peel, cut into strips

Hot Apple Cider

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• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup pomegranate juice
• Two 750-milliliter bottles sparkling wine, chilled
• 3/4 cup late-harvest white wine, such as late-harvest Riesling, chilled
• 2 oranges, thinly sliced crosswise
• 1 cup diced fresh pineapple (1/2 inch)
• 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
• Ice cubes, for serving

Note: This bubbly, sweet-tart cocktail combines sparkling wine, dessert wine and deep-red pomegranate juice.