A TOAST TO SUMMER
May 18, 2021
3 minutes
BY KARA NEWMAN
PHOTOS BY HEAMI LEE
STYLING BY JUDY HAUBERT
Take solace in the solstice, and reimagine summer as people in Nordic countries do: as a long afternoon that unfurls into the midnight sun. Celebrate with close friends around a bonfire on the beach, and pick wildflowers to garnish drinks.
The following cocktails draw inspiration from traditions that mark the longest, most delicious days of the year in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.
Bonfire Old-Fashioned
With roots that date to the seventh century, some of the earliest Midsummer traditions celebrated the defeat of
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