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Which is the best vodka?

Admin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:15:52 +0000

Which vodka is best? This chart may help.
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How to Freeze a Vodka Bottle in a Solid Block of Ice

Admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:51:02 +0000

I have been thinking about writing up a description of how to freeze a bottle of vodka in ice for sometime now. I used to keep a bottle prepared like this in my freezer…always ready for an instant vodka party….
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XXXmas Vodka

Admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:45:32 +0000

It’s not too late to prepare this Christmassy vodka infusion in time for the holidays.
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Galina’s Vodka Tiramisu

Admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:16:37 +0000

The phrase tirami su literally means “pick me up” or “pull me up”, which has never been more true than in this vodka version of the classic Italian desert. No major holiday is complete at our house without Galina’s Vodka…
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Obscure Vodka Fact #14

Admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:29:54 +0000

By the beginning of the 20th century, receipts from the sale of vodka made up more than a third of the annual revenue of the Russian state. Of course, with all that vodka around, this statistic may be somewhat unreliable.
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Distilled Bruschetta (from The Vodka Cookbook)

Admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:02:00 +0000

Distilled Bruschetta (from The Vodka Cookbook) – There’s lots of crunch and flavor in every bite of this twist on an Italian classic.
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Obscure Vodka Fact #13

Admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:04:08 +0000

By the end of the 19th century, many Russians were producing their own cheap homemade vodkas. This resulted in an epidemic of drunkenness throughout Russia and led to state control of the production and sale of vodka by 1894. (Because…
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Obscure Vodka Fact #16

Admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:57:35 +0000

After the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks confiscated all private distilleries in Moscow. As a result, a number of Russian vodka-makers emigrated, taking their skills and recipes with them. One such exile, Vladimir Smirnov, revived his brand in Paris, using the French version of his family name – Smirnoff. Smirnov later sold his family recipe to another Russian emigrant, Rudolph Kunett, who set up the first vodka distillery in the USA in 1934. Of course it didn’t get really exciting until Smirnoff sponsored my Vodka Cookbook in 2005.
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Obscure Vodka Fact #15

Admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:31:57 +0000

Obscure Vodka Fact #15 – During WWI the sale of vodka in Russia was strictly prohibited. And the Soviet government of 1917 continued the ban on vodka throughout Russia’s Civil War – when vodka and wine were considered detrimental to the Revolution. (As if the Soviets weren’t sobering enough.)
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Vodka Lemon Chicken (from The Vodka Cookbook by John Rose)

Admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:33:02 +0000

Vodka Lemon Chicken (from The Vodka Cookbook by John Rose)
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