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  What is in your Cabinet of Curiosities? This is what I found in mine. 🍸 Sometimes you don’t need a fancy back bar full of obscure liqueurs and muddled herbs. Sometimes you just need what you’ve got, a little creativity, and the willingness to play bartender with the odds and ends. Today’s kit:  Bulleit Bourbon, Hendrick’s Gin, Cuervo Gold Tequila, and a handful of mixers  — lemons, limes, lemonade, orange soda, orange syrup, cherry syrup, Coca Cola, and a jar of maraschino cherries. Here’s what I cooked up, MacGyver-style: 1.  Frontier Cherry Cola (Bourbon) Think of this as a grown-up cherry cola, with enough bite to remind you it’s not from the soda fountain. 2 oz Bulleit Bourbon 4 oz Coca Cola ½ oz cherry syrup Garnish: maraschino cherry How:  Stir bourbon and cola over ice, drizzle in the cherry syrup, and drop a cherry on top. 2.  Garden Party Lemonade (Gin) Bright, refreshing, and just slightly unusual — Hendrick’s herbal notes love citrus. 2 oz Hen...

Mixology Magic: Cocktails from a “Barely Stocked” Bar You open the cabinet and stare down the bottles. Hendrick’s Gin, Jose Cuervo Tequila. Then a couple of lonely mixers: orange soda, Coke, lemonade. Some syrups, a few lemons and limes rolling around. Not exactly a craft cocktail bar, right? Wrong. With a little imagination (and maybe a forgiving palate), you can turn that ragtag lineup into a small menu of surprisingly good cocktails. Here are six drinks you can shake, stir, and brag about like you planned it all along. 🍋 1.  The Spa Day Fizz  (Citrus Gin Fizz) Hendrick’s + citrus = your botanicals in a bathrobe. You’ll need: 2 oz Hendrick’s Gin 1 oz fresh lemon juice 0.5 oz orange syrup Lemonade to top Shake it, strain it, top it. Crisp, zesty, and as refreshing as cucumber water at an overpriced resort. 🌅 2.  Tequila Sunset Glow-Up  (Sunset Tequila Spritz) Move over, tequila sunrise. This one’s got soda-pop sass. You’ll need: 2 oz Jose Cuervo Tequila 3 oz orang...