As I listened to mixologist Frank Cisneros explain punch's complex historical background, I admit: I was a bit surprised. I had formerly—and naively—associated punch with fluorescent-colored Kool-Aid and prom in the 80's. But Poinsettia Punch, a warmly-spiced gin concoction developed by Cisneros for New York city bar
Gin Palace, is hardly fluorescent and only modestly sweet.
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