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Andre Aciman in conversation with Teju Cole

“Aciman’s own travel essays – on Venice, the Place des Vosges, Tuscany, Barcelona and New York – filter the present through an ever shifting palette of sensuous memory and impression…These essays sing with bracing clarity” (Kirkus). Come and hear Andre Aciman discuss Alibis, with Teju Cole, author of Every Day is For the Thiefand Open City, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and the New York City Book Award for Fiction.

From INSIDE NEW YORK – At Despaña (408 Broome St., 212-219-5050), a speciality store cum tapas café, everything from the service to the decor is simple and sleek, as if any excessive decoration might take away from the stunning array of Spanish produce that colors the menu. We met with project manager Dana, whose passion for and knowledge of Spanish cuisine was apparent from the outset. Leading us around the Soho store, she explained that Despaña began as a supplier of gourmet Spanish produce to restaurants around the city but now also serves up its own produce, either in tapas-style plates or bocadillos (Spanish for “little bites”). Almost everything on the menu is imported from one region or another in Spain and boasts its own specificities of preparation… Read the full review at Inside New York.










When: Wed., Jan. 16, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Where: McNally Jackson
52 Prince St.
212-274-1160
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“Aciman’s own travel essays – on Venice, the Place des Vosges, Tuscany, Barcelona and New York – filter the present through an ever shifting palette of sensuous memory and impression…These essays sing with bracing clarity” (Kirkus). Come and hear Andre Aciman discuss Alibis, with Teju Cole, author of Every Day is For the Thiefand Open City, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and the New York City Book Award for Fiction.

From INSIDE NEW YORK – At Despaña (408 Broome St., 212-219-5050), a speciality store cum tapas café, everything from the service to the decor is simple and sleek, as if any excessive decoration might take away from the stunning array of Spanish produce that colors the menu. We met with project manager Dana, whose passion for and knowledge of Spanish cuisine was apparent from the outset. Leading us around the Soho store, she explained that Despaña began as a supplier of gourmet Spanish produce to restaurants around the city but now also serves up its own produce, either in tapas-style plates or bocadillos (Spanish for “little bites”). Almost everything on the menu is imported from one region or another in Spain and boasts its own specificities of preparation… Read the full review at Inside New York.
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