Michael Booth (writer)

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Michael Booth
Booth at Helsinki Book Fair in October 2014.
Booth at Helsinki Book Fair in October 2014.
OccupationFood and travel writer and journalist
NationalityBritish
Notable awardsGuild of Food Writers Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel
SpouseLissen
ChildrenAsger and Emil
Website
www.michael-booth.com

Michael Booth is an English food and travel writer and journalist who writes regularly for a variety of newspapers and magazines including the Independent on Sunday, Condé Nast Traveller, Monocle[1] and Time Out.[2] He also writes for the Danish newspaper Politiken.[3]


Career

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In June 2010, Michael Booth won the Guild of Food Writers Kate Whiteman Award for Work on Food and Travel. His book on Japanese cooking, Sushi and Beyond: What the Japanese Know About Cooking, was adapted into a Japanese anime television series which began airing in April 2015.[4] This was followed in 2014 by his book The Almost Nearly Perfect People: The Truth About the Nordic Miracle, which he first began writing when he moved from England to Denmark about 15 years before its publication.[5]


Personal life

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He has a wife, Lissen, and two children, Asger and Emil. They live in Denmark.[6]

Bibliography

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  • Just As Well I'm Leaving: To the Orient with Hans Christian Andersen (2005)
  • Sacré Cordon Bleu: What the French Know About Cooking (2008)
  • Doing without Delia: Tales of Triumph and Disaster in a French Kitchen (2009)
  • Sushi and Beyond: What the Japanese Know About Cooking [ja] (2009)
    • Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan (retitled US reprint) 2016
  • Eat, Pray, Eat: One Man's Accidental Search for Equanimity, Equilibrium and Enlightenment (2011)
  • The Almost Nearly Perfect People: The Truth About the Nordic Miracle (2014)
  • The Meaning of Rice: a culinary tour of Japan (2017)
  • Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan (2020)

References

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  1. ^ "Michael Booth Monocle". Monacle. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Michael Booth". Random House. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  3. ^ Britisk-dansk journalist: Kan man være dansk uden at drikke kaffe?, Politiken, 26 November 2023
  4. ^ "Sushi and Beyond Book About Japanese Food Gets TV Anime".
  5. ^ "Michael Booth introduces The Almost Nearly Perfect People" (audio). BBC Radio 4. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Michael Booth". Random House. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
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