BLOODY HALLOWEEN, BLOODY MARY

You can keep your black vodkas and steaming elixirs; this Halloween I'm paying tribute to my costume (a Pan Am girl) with everyone's favorite in-flight cocktail - the Bloody Mary. I take mine without horseradish but extra Tabasco.

Ingredients

- 1 1/2 oz vodka

- 1 (46 fluid ounce) bottle tomato juice

- 1 1/2 lemons, juiced

- Worcestershire sauce (as much as you damn well please)

- Black Pepper

- Tabasco sauce

- Celery stick

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the vodka, (my latest favorite is Kanon Organic Vodka), tomato juice lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce. Shake slightly then pour into a highball. Season with black pepper and the Tabasco to taste. Serve with the celery stick.

Now please fasten your seatbelts as we're expecting a turbulent ride...