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Austin Bush

American writer and photographer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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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Books

  • The Food of Northern Thailand (2018)[28]
  • The Food of Southern Thailand (2024)[29]

References

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