Party Planning for the Walking Un-Dead and the (over 21) fans who love them

At the risk of pushing our patrons' vampire obsession one step closer to “beyond out-of-control,” I would like to recommend a great new drink for your next Sookie Soiree or Eclipse-a-thon, (where you watch both movies back to back, twice - not that I’ve done that). Unlike those crazy concoctions you get when you google “vampire drinks” (okay, maybe I did that once) this libation is an actual drink. It’s called the Sookie Cocktail and it has been around for so long it actually made it in to A.J. Rathbun’s excellent reference book for mixologists , Good Spirits (page 188). It’s a nutty combination of bourbon, macadamia nut liquor, and a splash of OJ, perfect for a meeting of the “Dead in Dover” Book Club (not that I would ever belong to a book club with a name like that). So, put down the Bloodbath (red wine, Chambord and cranberry juice) yuck! For goodness sake, would any self-respecting cocktail waitress (vampire or not) serve someone such a thing, and give your guests a proper drink, even if, technically, it isn’t named after our Sookie, it’s still hands down better than a Bloody-Bud (beer and Grenadine) not that I ever tried that.