gleans + 1xaddenda at 9:15 PM MT, 12/02

 

TV, Internet Causing Kids Harm: Report
Washington Post - TUESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- There's a strong link between media exposure and childhood obesity, smoking and sexual activity, according to US researchers who reviewed 173 studies on media and health conducted over the past three decades.

The brain, when tricked by optical and sensory illusions, can quickly adopt any other human form, no matter how different, as its own [more] ... [more]

Social scientists and historians have long made a serious error by not taking natural resources into account in their attempts to understand social structures ... [more]

Learning by heart is pointless for Google generation

The secret ingredient First identified in Japan a century ago, umami is now taking Europe's kitchens by storm

'Super ants' threaten UK gardens Species which forms supercolonies and infests gardens is marching rapidly across Europe <== today's worry

 

White Russians Arise, This Time at a Bowling Alley

By STEVEN KURUTZ

Joe Fornabaio for The New York Times

The White Russian, a sweet cocktail made with vodka, Kahlúa and cream or milk, is seeing a renaissance thanks in large part to the cult following of “The Big Lebowski.”

• Video: Lebowski's Libation

Spirits of The Times

Highland Friends to Warm the Night

By ERIC ASIMOV

While single malts can be enjoyed year-round, the onset of winter and long cold nights is perfect whiskey weather.

• Interactive Feature

New Improved Bartenders Can Be Quite Old-Fashioned

By OLIVER SCHWANER-ALBRIGHT

Drinkers don’t need to search far to find bartenders who make their own bitters, have an encyclopedic knowledge of drinks and stock spirits imported in a suitcase.

A Brotherhood Formed With Cocktails and Ice

By JONATHAN MILES

A growing legion of amateur connoisseurs have turned recherché cocktails into a lifestyle, or to hear some tell it, a religion.

This Week's Recipes

White Russian

Whiskey-Soaked Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake

Meyer Beautiful

Lopsidedly Perfect Martini

The Leap Frog

Last Word

Aviation Cocktail No. 1

Prosciutto Rolls with Asparagus and Arugula

Eggplant Feta Rolls

Smoked Salmon Rolls with Ricotta and Chives

Pairings | Scotch-Peanut Chocolate Truffles

 

addenda <== an eclectic reading list

Fred Astaire (Icons of America) by Joseph Epstein

In a Cardboard Belt!: Essays Personal, Literary, and Savage - Joseph Epstein; Paperback

The Best Short Stories of Jack London - Jack London; Paperback

Ava Gardner: "Love Is Nothing" - Lee Server

The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire & Invasion - Paddy Docherty

The Unbearable Saki: The Work of H. H. Munro - Sandie Byrne

Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar Featuring the Origina - David Wondrich

Transfinite: The Essential A. E. Van Vogt by A. E. Van Vogt

A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich, Clifford Harper, and Caroline Mustill

The Best of "Punch" Cartoons by Helen Walasek

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson

The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch by Michael Wolff

Adams: The Education of Henry Adams (Massachusetts Historical Society edition)

Bierce: The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce (Bison Books)

The Complete Short Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) by Saki and H. Munro

Selected Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) by Rudyard Kipling and Andrew Rutherford

I'll Let You Know When We Get There by Doris C. Baker

Legionnaire: An Englishman in the French Foreign Legion by Simon Murray

Language and Human Nature by Mark Halpern