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Taiye Selasi: Ghana Must Go (2013)
I downloaded Ghana Must Go onto my Kindle after having read a fascinating interview with its author, Taiye Selasi, in Die Zeit‘s literary supplement a few months ago. I’m trying to branch out with my...
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Recipe: Gazpacho
It was my birthday last Saturday, the last one before I officially turn old next year. (Although thanks to a 15 year-old from my sports club, who steadfastly refused to believe I was any older than 21,...
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New York, New York
Oh man, it’s been way too long… again. September has been mental. But instead of bothering you with the usual excuses about how busy I’ve been, I thought I’d show you what I’ve been busy with (partly):...
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Alexander Maksik: You Deserve Nothing (2011)
I picked up You Deserve Nothing on a whim following an event a local bookshop – for the benefit of the Hamburgers reading this, Stories at Hanseviertel. The idea is great: staff present English...
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Recipe: Pumpkin Chili
Winter is coming, friends. But luckily before winter the Gods have placed autumn, which is quite a fabulous season actually. Proof? Well, among other wonderful things such as colourful leaves, autumn...
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Alan Bradley: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009)
Last weekend, I was completely floored by what must have been one of the nastiest colds in cold history. It was decidedly un-fun, and I was sort of incapacitated for most things except drinking tea,...
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A New Thing and Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
So, I did a thing today: I joined Mealsharing as a host. The idea is a bit like Airbnb, except with food. You advertise on-line with a profile and people can ask to dine at your house. You can also...
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Recipe: Pumpkin quinotto
Sometimes, wires cross in funky ways and turn out things that are just plain awesome. In my quest to do exciting things with pumpkins, a conversation with a colleague over lunch sold me on a great...
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Christian Kracht: Imperium (2012)
I’m posting this review for German literature month, an initiative run by Caroline of Beauty is a Sleeping Cat and Lizzy of Lizzy’s Literary Life. It’s always fun to join and read other bloggers’...
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Bike Product Review: Basil Katharina Shoulder Bag
There’s a saying in German, “good things take time”. As for me, I purchased my Basil Katharina shoulder bag months ago, just after I’d looked at it in Amsterdam.* I’d been coveting it for a while, but...
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Recipe: Arroz a la cubana (Cuban style rice)
Last week, I went to Buenos Aires on business, where it’s currently late spring. It was brilliant and I did a bit of exploring as well – more on this in a further post soon. I also ate an amazing asado...
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Bookish Buenos Aires
As mentioned in my last post, I went to Buenos Aires on a business trip recently. Now of course you can’t go to Buenos Aires without thinking about Jorge Luis Borges and other great Argentinean...
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Two Books about Chile (2) – Arturo Fontaine: La vida doble (2010)
This is part two of my thoughts on two novels I read almost successively and that deal with a similar theme. One was brilliant, the other one… not so much. Part one, on the not-so-brilliant El último...
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Two Books about Chile (1) – Roberto Ampuero: El último tango de Salvador...
This slightly lengthy title to say that I read two books dealing with the Chilean military dictatorship, and while I loved one, I didn’t like the other. I’m not entirely sure how much sense it makes to...
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Product Review: Bern Muse Bike Helmet
I bought the Bern Muse helmet because it’s getting cold out.* The previous years, once the temperature dropped below a certain level, I stopped wearing a helmet and switched to a wooly hat instead to...
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Merry Christmas, and a festive (non-)recipe
Merry Christmas, dear readers! I hope you’re all having lovely holidays, wherever you are and whether you celebrate Christmas or not! I’m spending it at home with my family, snuggled up on the sofa...
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Books not reviewed in 2013
Happy new year everyone! I hope you’re all as full of delicious food and relaxed as I am. Before we launch into a new reading year, I just wanted to do a little bit of housekeeping by telling you...
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Óscar Pantoja, Miguel Bustos, Felipe Camargo, Tatiana Córdoba, and Julián...
As I was typing up my post of books read but never reviewed in 2013, I realised that there was one I actually did want to write about in a bit more detail: a graphic novel about the life of Gabriel...
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Recipe: Basmati Rice and minced Beef Soup
I don’t know about you, but I’m full. Stuffed. After the deliciously long Christmas holidays my partner and I treated ourselves to this year (we got back from the Basque Country last Thursday), I feel...
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Cycling City Hamburg?
Today, to my great surprise, thanks to a friend I discovered the following story in the Independent: Auto ban: How Hamburg is taking cars off the road It’s a very interesting article about how the City...
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