A Vintage Cocktail That Packs A Punch
Punch bowls are back — but they're not flowing with lime sherbet or ginger ale or sugary juice mixed with handles of cheap booze. No, think Mr. Micawber's punch — from Charles Dickens' David Copperfield — a hot, steaming bowl of lemon, sugar and spirits that made Micawber's face shine "as if it had been varnished all over."