Out of Ambit
Food, restaurants and cooking
Just One Push
We saw this while in the excellent Martinsbräu in Freiburg im Breisgau, that jewel among German cities — possibly the most Mediterranean of the cities of the German south. The whole place is downstairs one level, under the busy city food market above. There are booths and tables set near the big copper brew kettles [...]
Some different Easter chocolate
Forget the bunnies. Even the famous gold ones with the bell (which I don’t despise). Here’s something different: a hen and chicks from BienManger.com in France. Meanwhile, I have no explanation whatsoever for the chocolate sardines.
I want a salad
But I can’t have one until I make some of this. Swiss “French Dressing” 1 tablespoon salt Grind or two of fresh black pepper 1 tablespoon mustard (ideally a smooth brown one, but sharp yellow is OK too) 10 fluid ounces / sort of 275ml olive oil 1 tablespoon sugar 3 1/2 fluid ounces / [...]
The past, buttered up
About twenty years ago we were living in a different house in Ireland, and we had analog satellite rather than the digital that’s pretty much all there is here now. That analog system meant we had access to a lot of the satellite stations that broadcast “in the clear” from Germany. I was just starting to [...]
The Annual Rant
It’s just after midnight of what many native Irish call “The Day That’s In It,” and as a result, only maybe a third or a quarter of the people coming to “Out of Ambit” for the next twenty-four hours have some vague interest in what I do professionally, or what I write, or what I [...]
About the blogger
30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond.
That said, sometimes I want to talk about anything but writing. This is one place where that happens.
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