Austin Bush

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]

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]

Books

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

References

1. "Time Out meets Austin Bush". Time Out Bangkok. November 14, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
2. "The Thai food lover's friend". Bangkok Post. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
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.
15. "The 2019 James Beard Award Nominees | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
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.
19. "The 80 Most Exciting New Spring Cookbooks for 2024". Epicurious. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
20. "12 new cookbooks that'll transport you to an exotic summer holiday". www.stylist.co.uk. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
21. Carbone, Jessica (April 18, 2024). "Decades of Travel Inform This Guide to Southern Thai Cooking". Saveur. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
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.