Meaning "little water" in Russian, vodka certainly gets a bad rap, and the same is sadly true of vodka martinis. The bureau's ...

Initially, Americans greeted vodka with limited enthusiasm. Late 19 th century newspapers depicted the spirit as a foreign, exotic drink, associated primarily with Russian immigrants who brought their ...

The regular bottling of [1] Russian Standard ($21) is a classic charcoal-filtered Russian vodka, clean, slightly grainy, with a mineral tang. The [2] Russian Standard Platinum ($28), however, gets ...

You might think Russia pumps out the most vodka, but technically, they didn't even invent it (that's Poland). Here's who ...

Russian pancakes are consumed only with vodka. The hot pancakes are flavored with melted butter, topped with sour cream and caviar, and sprinkled with finely chopped green onions.

NOT long ago, Stolichnaya was the only Russian vodka Americans seemed to know about. But if you look around today, you can find up to 35 brands -- and the pace of new arrivals is picking up. “It ...

Vodka is part and parcel of any Russian celebration, and the nation is so fond of its vodka that they even mark its birthday on Jan. 31, which is when in 1865 the famous chemist Dmitri Mendeleev ...

To begin, both the vodka and the glasses were retrieved from the freezer, and Bayliss outlined the essentials for drinking vodka, Russian-style. “Vodka should be cold, glass should be tiny and ...

The average Russian drinks from 15 to 18 litres of alcohol yearly, less than citizens of some European countries, but drinking in Russia is dangerously skewed towards vodka, said one of the study ...