Mocktails for mom

If the uncertainties of impending motherhood have you hankering for a highball or Harvey Wallbanger, Alyssa Gusenoff’s got your, er, belly. Her forthcoming book, “Margarita Mama Mocktails for Moms-to-Be,” offers more than 60 creative and often wildly named alcohol-free cocktails for women drinking for two. Recipes include a grape juice-laden sangria; a coffee, raspberry, grape and chocolate mixer called the Bulging Belly Button; the grenadine-spiked Materni-Tini and this recipe below:

Raging Hormone

6 to 7 fresh mint leaves

1 ounce lemonade

2 ounces cherry juice

4 ounces ginger ale

In the bottom on a tall glass, muddle the mint leaves with the lemonade and cherry juice. Add ice, then pour in the ginger ale.