A few interesting links for November 16th through November 17th:
- Properly Sauced: The Perfect Manhattan – Sounds delicious actually. I'll have to look for this vermouth.
"2 oz. Old Overholt rye whiskey
3/4 oz. Carpano Antica vermouth
Angostura bittersTake a double old-fashioned glass and fill it almost full with cubed ice. Douse the ice with 2 dashes of bitters. Add the rye and vermouth. Stir gently. Serve.
Most Manhattans use plain old whiskey and bottom-shelf sweet vermouth, resulting in an inspid, sickly-sweet drink. But if you use rye instead, the drink has a persuasive bite on the front end. Paired with Carpano Antica, arguably the best vermouth in the world, the initial sharpness dissolves into a pleasant amber cloud of spice, cherry and vanilla."
- S.E.C. Accuses Mark Cuban of Insider Trading – Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds — DealBook – New York Times – I don't think the New York Times likes Mark Cuban much, for whatever reason.
"Off the court and on his own blog, Mr. Cuban has been a frequent critic of the National Basketball Association and its commissioner, David Stern, particularly on the issue of officiating, where he once claimed a referee could not run a Dairy Queen. Mr. Cuban then ran a Dairy Queen for a day; even in retribution, he was seeking attention." - 10,000 Hours – "This idea — that excellence at a complex task requires a critical, minimum level of practice — surfaces again and again in studies of expertise. In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is a magic number for true expertise: 10,000 hours."
Spending 8 hours a day – that's 1,250 days (or 3.42 years). Hmmm, does drinking wine count? Sex? Seriously, I've probably put that much effort into photography/Photoshop, but I wouldn't consider myself an *expert*, just better than some, and not as good as others.
I did not have any good vermouth at hand, so just used Gallo. None of those nasty maraschino cherries either. I also used less ice: two cubes seems sufficient.