For the benefit of those who take their meals at the microwave, a pop-up is a temporary restaurant, a fine-dining Brigadoon that appears in some unusual location for a one-night-only engagement.
Punch is the solution for the holidays, for punch has advantages: It sounds innocuous, it can be made in quantities and kept around, and it really is festive and delicious.
My friend Max Watman told me he'd begun distilling moonshine in his backyard. My first thought, even before I considered the legal ramifications, was: "Why would anyone want to do that?"