Food Features

By PHOENIX STAFF  |  July 20, 2012

PART OF A BALANCED BREAKFAST This cocktail, the Vin Amor Fizz from Eastern Standard, has three food groups -— fruit (apricot brandy), dairy (raw eggwhite) and of course, alcohol.

Yes, it's a scorcher — a season when the mere act of stepping into a Green Line station causes instantaneous lakes of perspiration to bloom under your armpits. And as you pack your sweaty carcass onto the train, you think to yourself, "My God, I could use a cold drink right now." Luckily, July is a boon time for Boston mixologists, with bushels of farm-fresh produce at their disposal. Here are a few choice summer-bounty-laden cocktails to cool you down.

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