Austin Bush Explained

Austin Bush
Education:University of Oregon (BA)
Chiang Mai University

Austin Bush is an American writer and photographer, based in Lisbon.[1] [2] Formerly based in Bangkok, Bush lived in Thailand for over 20 years and has been published in National Geographic, the BBC, Lucky Peach, and Lonely Planet.[3] [4]

Early life and education

Bush studied the Thai language at and graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in linguistics in 1999. He subsequently received a scholarship to study Thai at Chiang Mai University.[5] [6]

Career

Bush has extensively documented regional Thai culinary culture, with a focus on the country's Northern and Southern cuisine.[7] [8] [9] He published The Food of Northern Thailand in 2018.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] The Food of Northern Thailand was a 2019 James Beard Foundation Book Awards finalist and shortlisted for the 2019 Art of Eating Prize.[15] [16] Bush published The Food of Southern Thailand in 2024, the first English language cookbook on Southern Thai cuisine.[17] [18] [19] [20] The book additionally focuses on the farmers and fishers that produce the region's ingredients, including stink beans, palm sugar, and coconuts.[21] [22]

Bush and photographer Christopher Wise created Fantastic Food Search in 2019, an interactive series of food maps for Southeast Asian cities.[23] [24] [25]

Bush has collaborated with chef Andy Ricker to photograph his Pok Pok books: Pok Pok, The Drinking Food of Thailand and Pok Pok Noodles.[26] [27]

Books

References

  1. Web site: 2019-11-14 . Time Out meets Austin Bush . 2024-03-04 . Time Out Bangkok . en-US.
  2. News: The Thai food lover's friend . 2024-03-04 . Bangkok Post . en.
  3. Web site: Austin Bush explores the diverse food of Northern Thailand . 2023-11-04 . www.splendidtable.org.
  4. Web site: Blog Appétit: Austin Bush Photography . 2024-04-04 . SBS Food . en.
  5. Web site: 2019-02-18 . WIN: Food of Northern Thailand . 2024-03-05 . The Senior . en-AU.
  6. Web site: Prasertsub . Jirat . Jareeprasit . Kittima . 2024-04-03 . Austin Bush นักเขียนอเมริกันเดินทางเหนือจรดใต้เขียนบันทึกสูตรอาหารท้องถิ่นไทยไม่ให้สูญหาย . 2024-04-04 . The Cloud . th.
  7. Web site: Bush . Austin . 2018-07-05 . On This Thai Island, Coconut Goes Into Everything . 2024-04-10 . Saveur . en.
  8. Web site: Bush . Austin . 2021-04-29 . Southern Thai food: So much more than just spice . 2024-04-10 . CNN . en.
  9. News: 2018-01-29 . How Francis Lam, son of immigrants, became the voice of America's food culture . 2024-04-10 . Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
  10. Web site: 2018-11-08 . This cookbook author is spreading the gospel about northern Thai food . 2024-03-04 . bk.asia-city.com . en.
  11. News: Ferst . Devra . 2019-12-03 . 6 Cookbooks That Double as Guidebooks . 2024-03-04 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  12. Web site: 2019-02-18 . WIN: Food of Northern Thailand . 2024-04-10 . The Senior . en-AU.
  13. Web site: 2019-03-05 . Everything You Need to Cook the Food of Northern Thailand . 2024-04-10 . Saveur . en.
  14. Web site: 2019-02-23 . "The Food of Northern Thailand" Good Food . 2024-04-10 . KCRW . en.
  15. Web site: The 2019 James Beard Award Nominees James Beard Foundation . 2024-03-04 . www.jamesbeard.org . en.
  16. Web site: The Art of Eating Prize Shortlist . 2024-03-04 . The Art of Eating Magazine . en-US.
  17. Web site: 2024-04-19 . Southern Thai cuisine gets an English-language cookbook Good Food . 2024-04-21 . KCRW . en.
  18. Web site: SalviSoul with Karla T. Vasquez and The Food of Southern Thailand with Austin Bush . 2024-09-18 . www.splendidtable.org.
  19. Web site: 2024-03-04 . The 80 Most Exciting New Spring Cookbooks for 2024 . 2024-03-07 . Epicurious . en-US.
  20. Web site: 12 new cookbooks that'll transport you to an exotic summer holiday . 2024-04-04 . www.stylist.co.uk.
  21. Web site: Carbone . Jessica . 2024-04-18 . Decades of Travel Inform This Guide to Southern Thai Cooking . 2024-04-19 . Saveur . en.
  22. Web site: 2024-05-03 . The Best Cookbooks of 2024 (So Far) . 2024-05-03 . Esquire . en-US.
  23. Web site: 2021-05-13 . Oh em gee: Two food journalists aim to bring the local wet market to you . 2024-03-04 . bk.asia-city.com . en.
  24. Web site: Sauers . Craig . May 13, 2021 . OMG, it's full of stuff: Shop Thailand's wet markets without leaving home Coconuts . 2024-03-04 . Coconuts Bangkok . en-US.
  25. Web site: 2020-08-17 . One of Bangkok's oldest restaurants is closing for good this month . 2024-03-04 . bk.asia-city.com . en.
  26. News: Rose . Joel . October 26, 2013 . How A Portland Cook Became A 'Proud Copycat' Of Thai Food . NPR.
  27. Web site: Get Snackalicious With 'Pok Pok The Drinking Food Of Thailand' . 2024-03-04 . opb . en.
  28. Book: Bush, Austin . The Food of Northern Thailand . Clarkson Potter . 978-0451497499 . October 23, 2018.
  29. Book: Bush, Austin . The Food of Southern Thailand . . 978-0393541694 . March 12, 2024.

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