One has to be neither a member of the anti-alcohol movement nor a teetotaler to acknowledge that there is a time and a place to enjoy cocktails that have no alcohol in them. Happily, regardless of whether one is a physician on call, the designated driver among a group of friends or one who simply does not care for alcohol, there are a host of such drinks readily available, many of which are great fun to drink. Following are recipes for eight of the best known of these. Many of the recipes have been adapted from the very reliable handbook, The Mr. Boston Official Bartender's Guide (Warner Books, New York, ISBN 0-446-38763-0).

Virgin Mary

4 oz. high quality tomato juice
dash of lemon juice
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 drops Tabasco Sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Fill a large wine glass with ice, add the tomato juice and then the rest of the ingredients. Stir well and garnish with a wedge of lime.

Innocent Passion

4 oz. passion fruit juice
dash of cranberry juice
dash of lemon juice
club soda

Fill a highball glass with ice and over the ice pour the passion fruit juice, cranberry juice and lemon juice. Fill the glass to its brim with club soda, stir gently and garnish with a cherry. Serve with a straw.

Lime Cooler

juice of 3 limes
3 tsp. confectioners' sugar

Pour the juice and sugar into a collins glass, stir, fill with ice and water. Stir again and add a wedge of lime and a cherry. Serve with a straw.

Orange Smile

1 whole egg
juice of 1 large orange
1 tsp. Grenadine syrup

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker, shake well with ice and then strain into a wine glass to serve.

Pac Man

2 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. Grenadine syrup
dash of Bitters
ginger ale

Fill a collins glass with ice and over this pour the grenadine, lemon juice and bitters. Fill the glass to its brim with ginger ale and garnish with an orange slice.

Punchless Pina Colada

1 oz. cream of coconut
1 oz. pineapple juice
1 cup ice
1 tsp. lime juice

Combine all of the ingredients in a blender and then pour into a collins glass. Garnish with a slice of pineapple and a cherry.

Unfuzzy Navel

3 oz. peach nectar
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
3 oz. orange juice
dash of Grenadine

Combine the ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a wine glass. Garnish with an orange slice.

© Daniel Rogov