Scotch
Single Malts: The outcome of a single process in one distillery. Includes legends like Laphroaig and The Macallan.
Blends: A mix of whiskies. Lighter than a single malt (blending is an art), but who’d admit it? Check the Johnnie Walker avatars.
Bourbon: Kentucky limestone spring water is key. Try Jack Daniels. Then ditch it for Knob Creek.
Rye: Seagram’s whiskies, US brands like Jim Beam use rye grain as malting agent.
Book
Grinch, Come Home
American author and illustrator Theodor Geisel, better known to millions around the world as Dr Seuss, was born 100 years ago but his exuberant, wacky and imaginative creatures like The Cat in The Hat, Yertle the Turtle and the Lorax continue to thrill kids.Especially when his tongue-twisting rhymes are read out aloud to full-throated effect. More than 200 million copies of his 44 children’s books have sold worldwide, and award-winning cartoons and smash hit films (How The Grinch Stole Christmas and The Cat in The Hat) based on his works have kept audiences in stitches for generations. On his Seuss-centennial, Charles Cohen, a collector of Seuss memorabilia, has written a brilliantly detailed visual biography; The Seuss, The Whole Seuss and Nothing But the Seuss. Satisfaction guaranteed. Buy it online.
culture vulture
The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin Graham
Essential Learning Investing in the stock market is a science; there are specific principles that can be learned to one’s advantage. The key: Looking for a difference between what a stock is worth (its value) and its market price.
Importance If you buy just one book on investing, make sure it’s this one. Arguably the best book ever written on money.
So you thought you knew all about
Inzamam Ul Haq
The Pakistani skipper’s quirks endear him as much as his talent. Where’s he out of his crease?
A. Batting feats sometimes eclipsed by speculation on girth, hence the nickname ‘Alu’.
B. His batting was critical to Pakistan winning the 1992 World Cup.
C. Is Pakistan’s highest one-day run-scorer, but hasn’t scored an odi ton since November 2001.
D. Only Javed Miandad and Saeed Anwar have scored more Test runs for Pakistan.
E. His 329 against NZ was the third-highest Test batting score made by any Asian player.
Answer D. Inzy is second only to Miandad in the Test run-scorers list.
what is
Cappuccino
A drink named after the colour of a Capuchin monk’s habit. Begin with an espresso, which is brewed by forcing steam through ground coffee beans. Add frothed milk or cream and cinnamon for flavour, and you have a cappuccino. The froth is said to resemble a cowl worn by the monks; thus goes the other theory behind the name.
