A celebri-quote: Irina Voronina

• Russian model and spokesperson Irina Voronina has been a Playboy Playmate, worked in ad campaigns for Skyy Vodka, Miller Lite, and Michelob Ultra. She most recently was on a year-long public relations tour across the U.S. as the 2008 St. Pauli Girl. She also has had small roles in the films "Reno 911: Miami," "Balls of Fury" and "Epic Movie." This is excerpted from an interview by Jaeki Cho for Complex.com.

Q: What's your favorite comfort food or hangover remedy?

A: I used to drink, but not anymore. But this is what Russian people do. Since there’s no Vitamin Water in Russia we drink a lot of pickle marinade to put electrolytes back in the body. But a cure for hangover in the morning is to just have a shot of vodka or a beer.

A lot of people do beer, but if you need to get well to compose yourself, you just need to have a shot of vodka and you’ll be fine.

It’s kind of like when you poison your body, it’s not going to recover unless it’s just a little bit more. Like seriously, I tell that to a lot of people here in America, and they don’t listen to me most of the time. Like you’re not going to get out your house today, unless you do what I’m telling you to do. If you’re going to stay around the house, just have a beer, or a couple beers. That’ll give you a tranquil feeling. If you need to get going, just have a shot of vodka, and you’ll be fine.

Q: What's the most effective aphrodisiac for you?

A: It can be food. It can be visual. It can be alcohol [laughs]. As far as food though, I think sushi maybe? Anything nicely served. Any clean food. Or even just strawberries and champagne.

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Rare Highland Park cache found in Japan

• From Just Drinks.com:

Nearly 700 bottles of rare Highland Park single malt whisky are to be re-released on the UK market, after being discovered in Japanese warehouses.

Highland Park is to release 694 bottles of its Bicentenary 1977 whisky, it announced on March 27.

Originally priced at GBP69.99 [$99.35] per bottle when released in 1998, the 21YO Scotch whisky can now fetch up to GBP300 [$425.95] at auction and is available at Highland Park's distillery shop at GBP250 [$354.96].

All of the bottles set for re-release were discovered in warehouses across Japan, said the Orkney-based distiller.

"We were astounded to discover this rare stock in our previous distributor's warehouses in Japan," said Highland Park global controller James Craig. "This is a very special expression of Highland Park and one which we thought had sold out and been consumed long ago."

Martin Green, whisky specialist at auction house Bonhams, said, "Highland Park has been one of the most highly collected malts for many years with a cult following by whisky collectors. For a relatively low investment this bottling is certain to be sought after in the years to come."

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