My first sip of puckery cranberry infused vodka came from one of my many nights at the Russian Samovar on West 54th Street. In this comfortably warm and perfectly bourgeois Theatre District hideaway (co-owned by Mikhail Baryshnikov) you can feel and smell that this place is straight out of the homeland even without ever stepping foot in Russia.
Read MoreWith the holidays in full swing, nothing seems more appropriate or more festive than some home brewed spirits. Limoncello, traditionally a warm weather after dinner sipper, kept popping up in my head. I thought it would be a nice escape from the blistering cold weather coming on.
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