Summer puts us in the mood for lemonade. But not just any old lemonade. Here are three ways to brew up a special batch. (If you're feeling really ambitious, start with a fresh-squeezed base: one-and-a-half cups of fresh-squeezed lemon juice -- about 12 lemons -- to a cup of sugar, plus eight cups of water. Adjust to taste.)
Lemon-Mint Cooler: Add torn mint leaves to lemonade, and a splash of club soda. Pop in a mint spear for garnish. Boozy kicker: Vodka.
Arnold Palmer: Mix one part lemonade to one part unsweetened ice tea. Sweeten to taste. Boozy kicker: Bourbon, for a drink called a Tipsy Palmer.
Basil Lemonade: Make a basil simple syrup by boiling one bunch of basil, two cups of sugar and one cup of water for five minutes, then cooling and straining. (Store in fridge.) Mix a cup of lemonade with two to three teaspoons of syrup. Boozy kicker: Vodka.
Food on 07/01/2015