Month: October 2025

10 Wildly Different Movie Takes on Nuclear War

By WONKACHOCOLATEBARS

The Cold War spawned more than fallout shelters and duck-and-cover drills. During that era when geopolitical tension hung over audiences like a mushroom cloud, filmmakers channeled the nuclear threat into art, satire, and spectacle. Some explored human frailty, others turned to monsters or absurdity, but all reflected the fears—and sometimes the dark humor—of the atomic…

Una evidencia clínica descubre que la psilocibina reduce las conductas obsesivo-compulsivas

By WONKACHOCOLATEBARS

Una revisión sistemática de expertos del Instituto Florey de Neurociencia y Salud Mental (Australia) publicada en ‘Psychedelics’ sintetiza la evidencia clínica y preclínica sobre los efectos de la psilocibina en las conductas obsesivo-compulsivas, revelando un potencial terapéutico consistente en pacientes humanos y modelos animales validados. En profundidad Los ensayos clínicos sintetizados en esta revisión demuestran…

Winter Foraging at Prego: A Celebration of Seasonal Mushrooms

By WONKACHOCOLATEBARS

This winter, Prego at The Westin Bund Center Shanghai invites diners on a culinary journey through the rich, earthy world of mushrooms with its Winter Foraging seasonal menu. Inspired by the rustic charm of Mediterranean cuisine, the menu transforms premium fungi—from delicate morels to aromatic matsutake—into comforting yet elevated Italian dishes that warm both the…

Alex Bala’s One-Pot Short Rib Stroganoff

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Ingredients 6 to 8 bone-in beef short ribs 2 teaspoons kosher salt 2 teaspoons pepper 1 teaspoon ground mustard 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 cup canola oil 2 large white onions, sliced 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 cups beef broth stroganoff: 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 8 ounces sliced baby portobello mushrooms 4-1/2 teaspoons all-purpose flour…

Best-Ever Green Bean Casserole With Step-by-Step Video

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Few Thanksgiving side dishes keep the masses as happy as a homemade green bean casserole. It’s comforting, familiar, and always one of the first dishes to disappear from the table. This version keeps everything you love about the classic—creamy sauce, tender green beans, crispy onion topping—but tweaks it with a few simple upgrades.First, skip the…

What Is Your Brain Doing on Psychedelics?

By WONKACHOCOLATEBARS

On a mellow spring night, I gazed at the setting desert sun in Joshua Tree National Park in California. The sun glowed a warm blood-orange and the sky shimmered pink and purple. I had just defended my Ph.D. in neuroscience, and my partner and I had flown west to celebrate and exhale. It was early…