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Mead of Poetry Cocktail

Reyka Vodka meets mead and spice in this rich, textured cocktail

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While indulging in the taste of Iceland, as part of Scandinavian pop-up restaurant Aska‘s last serving at Brooklyn’s Kinfolk Studios, we were fortunate to try the Mead of Poetry cocktail—a multilayered, rich and flavorful marriage of vodka and mead. Designed by the team at a CH favorite, Reyka Vodka (an Icelandic tipple that’s filtered over lava rocks from the island nation’s mystical landscape), the drink …

Shoplifter’s Solstice Installation

Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardottir pays tribute to the sun in her mixed-media sculpture

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The summer solstice is the official start of summer and the longest day of the year. It’s also a time to get together with friends and family for food, drinks and—in the higher reaches of the northern hemisphere—bask in the midnight sun. Nobody celebrates the summer solstice, or midsummer, quite like the Nordics, with their all-night parties and ancient traditions. In honor of the solstice, …