Austin Bush

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Austin Bush
Education University of Oregon (BA)
Chiang Mai University
Website austinbushphotography.com

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]

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Early life and education

Bush studied the Thai language at and graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in linguistics in 1999. [3] 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] [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ "The Thai food lover's friend". Bangkok Post. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Austin Bush explores the diverse food of Northern Thailand". www.splendidtable.org. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Blog Appétit: Austin Bush Photography". SBS Food. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ "WIN: Food of Northern Thailand". The Senior. February 18, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  6. ↑ Prasertsub, Jirat; Jareeprasit, Kittima (April 3, 2024). "Austin Bush นักเขียนอเมริกันเดินทางเหนือจรดใต้เขียนบันทึกสูตรอาหารท้องถิ่นไทยไม่ให้สูญหาย". The Cloud (in Thai). Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ Bush, Austin (July 5, 2018). "On This Thai Island, Coconut Goes Into Everything". Saveur. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  8. ↑ Bush, Austin (April 29, 2021). "Southern Thai food: So much more than just spice". CNN. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  9. ↑ "How Francis Lam, son of immigrants, became the voice of America's food culture". Washington Post. January 29, 2018. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  10. ↑ "This cookbook author is spreading the gospel about northern Thai food". bk.asia-city.com. November 8, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  11. ↑ Ferst, Devra (December 3, 2019). "6 Cookbooks That Double as Guidebooks". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  12. ↑ "WIN: Food of Northern Thailand". The Senior. February 18, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Everything You Need to Cook the Food of Northern Thailand". Saveur. March 5, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  14. ↑ ""The Food of Northern Thailand" | Good Food". KCRW. February 23, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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  16. ↑ "The Art of Eating Prize Shortlist". The Art of Eating Magazine. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Southern Thai cuisine gets an English-language cookbook | Good Food". KCRW. April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  18. ↑ "SalviSoul with Karla T. Vasquez and The Food of Southern Thailand with Austin Bush". www.splendidtable.org. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
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  22. ↑ "The Best Cookbooks of 2024 (So Far)". Esquire. May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  23. ↑ "Oh em gee: Two food journalists aim to bring the local wet market to you". bk.asia-city.com. May 13, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  24. ↑ Sauers, Craig (May 13, 2021). "OMG, it's full of stuff: Shop Thailand's wet markets without leaving home | Coconuts". Coconuts Bangkok. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  25. ↑ "One of Bangkok's oldest restaurants is closing for good this month". bk.asia-city.com. August 17, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  26. ↑ Rose, Joel (October 26, 2013). "How A Portland Cook Became A 'Proud Copycat' Of Thai Food". NPR .
  27. ↑ "Get Snackalicious With 'Pok Pok The Drinking Food Of Thailand'". opb. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  28. ↑ Bush, Austin (October 23, 2018). The Food of Northern Thailand. Clarkson Potter. ISBN   978-0451497499.
  29. ↑ Bush, Austin (March 12, 2024). The Food of Southern Thailand. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN   978-0393541694.
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