Chickweed Is the Secret Ingredient in This Shaken Gin Cocktail

At the new Red Ribbon Society speakeasy in Asheville, N.C., Manager Sarah Charles Hereford tapped her best summer flavor memories for the opening menu. The latest, called the Meet Cute, was inspired by afternoons shucking corn on the porch with her grandfather on their family farm in Alabama. 

“My Grandfather, C.T. Hereford, my ‘Pa,’ would give me an ear to take a bite of [raw]—the taste was so...