via the Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook

The people behind The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook have taken some cues from the photos snapped on location for the upcoming season of Mad Men (premiering this Sunday), to offer up some in-season recipes. For example, Megan was spotted drinking a bright blue cocktail on the beach during the shooting of one scene that was captured by paparazzi—this was a Blue Hawaii, which actually made its debut on the show during season 4 (when Joan prepares a Hawaiian-themed New Year’s Eve dinner).

The experts say this bright blue concoction was "a popular cocktail in the 1960s... [and] grew out of Americans' infatuation with the nation's newest state... the Blue Hawaii is not truly of Hawaiian origin. The Bols liquor company, maker of blue curaçao, was looking for a way to increase sales of the product and asked a bartender at Waikiki’s Hawaiian Village Hotel to come up with a cocktail that would parlay Hawaii’s popularity into revenues." If you want to mix one up for your Mad Men party or to drink alone while you watch the premiere (it's okay), here's how:

Blue Hawaii

3 ounces pineapple juice
1 ½ ounces light rum
1 ounce sweet and sour mix (see recipe for homemade sweet and sour mix)
1 ounce Blue Curaçao
1 ounce lemon juice
1 small cube fresh pineapple, plus a wedge for garnish
1 maraschino cherry, for garnish
Homemade Sweet and Sour Mix
¾ cup water
¾ cup sugar
½ cup fresh lemon juice
½ cup fresh lime juice

To make the drink: In the container of a blender, mix pineapple juice, rum, sweet and sour mix, blue Curaçao, lemon juice and small cube of pineapple. Add ½ cup crushed ice and blend.
Pour into a punch glass and garnish with a cherry and a small wedge of fresh pineapple.
To make the Homemade Sweet and Sour Mix: Combine water and sugar in medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil. Remove from heat and cool.
In a pitcher, combine syrup, lemon juice and lime juice. Refrigerate until cold.

Too sweet for your taste? You can't go wrong with Don's favorite: an Old Fashioned.