Cold Drinks

I like what agave does for drinks and cocktails, it's more subtle and not as unabashedly sugary as simple syrup or granulated sugar and it dissolves way faster. This recipe for rosemary peppercorn lemonade definitely benefits from it, it enhances the bright yellow color.

Ideally, this pop would be savored on a front porch somewhere in North Carolina, surrounded by fireflies and the chirp of crickets and accompanied by the languorous strains of a bluegrass Dobro. But it's pretty good even in a crappy apartment in the city.