Writer Lisa Abend recounts hers feelings of alienation and embarrassment when she was a girl scout. A refuge, though: her beloved Samoas.
About Lisa Abend
Based in Madrid, Lisa Abend is the Spain correspondent for Time magazine. She also writes for The New York Times, Food & Wine, The Atlantic, Saveur, and Slate. Her book, The Sorcerer’s Apprentices, about the stagiaires at Ferran Adria’s renowned restaurant elBulli, will be published by Free Press in March 2011.