Whether with a strong demitasse of coffee, sweet tea, ice-cold vodka, mulled wine or plum brandy, Eastern Europeans believe in toasting to your good health, good wealth, good life!
Serbian Christmas Eve wouldn't be the same without a hot toddy known as vruca rakija.
This recipe for Polish egg brandy or likier jajeczny is ready to drink in four days.
This recipe for Polish eggnog or kogel mogel is usually served without alcohol as a dessert.
This recipe for Polish hot mulled wine is known as grzaniec galicyjski.
Turkish coffee is popular among Serbians, Croatians, Bulgarians, Romanians and other Eastern Europeans.
Spiced vodka or peperivka is a beverage and a flavoring ingredient, especially for Ukrainian sausage known as kovbasa.
Honeyed vodka or krupnik is a popular alcoholic beverage served hot or cold in Poland.
Polish cranberry cordial recipe only takes two days to prepare and it's ready to drink. This is perfect for an edible gifts basket.
Polish blueberry cordial - likier borowkowy - needs to steep for several months before drinking.
Polish strawberry cordial - likier truskawkowy - is made with vodka and needs to age a few months before drinking.
Polish rhubarb cordial - likier rabarbaru - is a great way to use an abundance of springtime rhubarb.
Polish Rhubarb Honey Drink - napoj z rabarbaru rzewienia z miodem - is a refreshing elixir.
Kerry Kubilius, the Guide to Eastern European Travel, gives the facts on the controversy being waged over "real" vodka, the national spirit of Poland and Russia, and those made with nontraditional ingredients.
