To make this cobbler extra cobbler-y, I add a muddled vanilla bean a bit of cinnamon to my sugar. Other soft berries like blackberries, sylvanberries, loganberries or marionberries may also be used if you have them on hand. More

This brunch drink is based on the café Borgia, which is the first coffee drink I ever tried. Espresso, chocolate, steamed milk and orange zest: I was hooked. This grownup version is made with chilled Stumptown coffee, homemade coffee liqueur, a little chocolate liqueur, a dash of orange bitters, and topped with frothed milk. More

Looking for a way to mix things up in the cocktail department, I paired fruity shaved ice with cool sake to create a delicious, boozy granita. I used a cantaloupe because of its sweet and musky flavor and added a little fresh ginger and lime juice to jazz it up. More

This cocktail from the summer menu at The Trilby in New York City is tropical but not too sweet—drink it at the beach, or drink it while wishing you were at the beach. More

The mere mention of the Alps evokes images of hot chocolate and flaxen-haired milkmaids, but why? But perhaps instead it should make us think of this delightful brunch drink, a drunken coffee enhanced with a little kirsch and Frangelico. More

Okay, so maybe this drink isn't really medicine of the FDA-approved variety; I still believe in the Prescription Julep's curative properties, and dose myself with it liberally each summer to keep an assortment of seasonal malaises at bay. More

Always looking for ways to bring seasonal finds into my cocktails, I started tinkering with some of my favorite strawberry flavor combinations. The result is a summery take on the classic whiskey smash. Strawberries are muddled with lemon to create a juicy base, then a little strawberry syrup is added for a bit of sweetness and to balance the tartness of the lemon. The balsamic acts as bitters, and then of course a hefty pour of bourbon is added, because what's a smash without the bourbon? More

The drinks in the whiskey chapter of Food & Wine Cocktails 2011 range from spicy-rich cocktails featuring Angostura bitters, Chartreuse or ginger beer to lighter, fruity concoctions featuring fresh citrus and mint. The Descanso Beach Smash is one of the latter, spiked with the spicy flavor of rye and bitter Aperol. Created by Coltharp while he was vacationing near Catalina Island, it has the lightness you want in a drink by the pool but without the cloying sweetness so often associated with "vacation" cocktails. More

The Louanalao uses a tiki-style formula, incorporating white rum, bitter Campari, and allspice dram with the flavors of sweet strawberry and tart lime. The result is a bright pink, sweet-tart harbinger of spring that is far from the expected flavor profile of a fruit-infused rum cocktail. More

The name may come across as downright demure in this era of porn-star rum and drinks dubbed the Screaming Orgasm or Slippery Nipple (and that's not even mentioning more recent, explicitly named drinks—this is a family joint, after all), but the Between the Sheets bordered on the eye-winkingly naughty when it debuted in the early 1930s. More