Russian Redux
April, 2013
THE ORIGINAL VODKA MAKES A COMEBACK• In the face of the ongoing boutique-vodka boom, Russian distillers are responding with homegrown high-end offerings. (Legend has it Russian vodka was first distilled as early as 1430, in a monastery laboratory by an imprisoned monk hoping to lull his captors to sleep.) Join the revolution like a purist and drink your vodka ice-cold and neat, or make this traditional lemon-infused concoction from New York's Russian Samovar restaurant.A TROIKA TO TRYRUSSIAN...
