For this Tropical Rum Punch, you'll want to use cream of coconut. This sweetened and processed ingredient is used primarily to make mixed drinks, as in the fruit-forward Miami Vice. Coconut cream ...

Many of those drinks had never been in the same room with a fresh fruit, much less enjoyed ... at least I can create a summer-sweet punch the color of cool tropical seas. I expected to use blue ...

Once I became a bartender, I learned about rancio, a chemical process that occurs naturally as cognac ages in oak barrels—and creates that dried fruit ... into a tropical punch with the help ...