Cocktails

The dark ’n’ stormy has become a cult highball due to a felicitous combination of its no-fault simplicity and the balance of its headstrong ingredients, each of which is perfectly suited to the common goal: reviving the flagging, heat-pummeled constitution It is simply dark rum — very dark rum — with ginger beer and some fresh lime The rich spirit is shaken awake by the buoyant piquancy of the ginger beer, while the lime slashes through the sweetness of both

A floral twist on a classic, this delicious fizzy limeade is the perfect front-porch sipper on a warm afternoon The chamomile adds some sunshine to this refresher, and little ones will love it as well You just might find yourself making — or craving — this every summer weekend.