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Lisa Abend

Lisa Abend
César Lucas Abreu

Lisa Abend

Lisa Abend is journalist based in Madrid. For the past three years, she has been Time magazine’s correspondent in Spain, where she writes about everything from international terrorism, to climate change, to immigration, to costumed debt collectors (with, needless to say, a fair number of bullfighting stories thrown in for good measure.) As a freelancer, she has written on learning the Basque language for The Atlantic; on volunteer bit torrent translators for Wired; on the plight of Roma women for Ms., on prime minister Zapatero’s republican upbringing for The American Prospect; on the recovery of the Iberian lynx for National Wildlife; and on the situation... Read full bio

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The Sorcerer's Apprentices will be released on February 07, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 07, 2012
The Sorcerer's Apprentices is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 07, 2012
The Sorcerer's Apprentices will be released on March 22, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 22, 2011
The Sorcerer's Apprentices is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Mar 22, 2011
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Chapter 1 from The Sorcerer's Apprentices
Mar 20, 2011

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MSN Entertainment, February 13, 2013
...Bulli: Cooking in Progress." David Wilson has penned a script about the restaurant and chef based on Lisa Abend's book "The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adria's elBulli." The film will be set in the restaurant's final year,...
AFAR, January 21, 2013
...it’s turning out fusion cuisine. And the landscape—all those fjords and mountains!—looks to be beyond spectacular. — Lisa Abend , who  got in deep with the revelers at Pamplona’s San Fermín festival in “ Spain Lets Loose .” Sarajevo ...
AFAR, April 25, 2013
...in 9 Walks ,” The New York Times For this package about great walks in Europe, AFAR contributing writer Lisa Abend reports from the the tapas bars of Madrid. As always, Lisa’s descriptions put me right in the scene, yearning to stand at the bar for...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 21, 2013
...to cross the street to Vaova, order a gin and tonic, and settle into a low sofa. -- LISA ABEND 5. Paris Promenade In the 2004 film "Before Sunset," Jesse, an American (Ethan Hawke), and Celine, a Frenchwoman (Julie Delpy), spend an afternoon traversing...
Hungry Go Where, March 19, 2013
...nearly two million reservation requests annually for 8,000 seatings. The movie will be based on food writer Lisa Abend’s book, 'The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adrià’s elBulli', and mix fact with fiction, says movie...
Yahoo! Singapore, March 15, 2013
...nearly� two million reservation requests annually for 8,000 seatings. The movie will be based on food writer Lisa Abend’s book � "The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adri� ’s elBulli," and mix fact with fiction,�...
New York Magazine, March 14, 2013
...Poets Society meets The Social Network." Producer Philippe Rousselet on the forthcoming elBulli movie, based loosely on Lisa Abend's behind-the-scenes book. Of course they really want Javier Bardem to play Ferran Adrià...
New York Magazine, March 11, 2013
...Commenting upon the recent and delving into deeper waters of microbiology, Lisa Abend . "We're a restaurant that's known for perfection," he says, "and suddenly there's a stain on us." You may recall that 63 guests who dined...
Dissident Voice, March 10, 2013
...and Barça’s might on the football field, have always been twin aspects of the same, rough coin. Lisa Abend’s piece for Time (December 20, 2007) hit the mark, drawing out a football rivalry that has been violent, both in a vicarious and actual...