Mireia Font

Travel and food writer

I was born in the interior of Catalonia in 1978 into a household that considers having good company at the table the most important cupboard ingredient and music the most useful kitchen utensil. In my childhood, I was surrounded by books and fed with enormous amounts of curiosity. Unsurprisingly, I ended up getting my university degree in Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature and living in several continents while working as a waitress, a bookseller, a proofreader, a translator, a cooking teacher and a food tour guide. Inspired by my years abroad, I wrote two cookbooks; Cocina con 4 ingredientes (Cooking with 4 Ingredients, Grijalbo-Random House, 2012) and El mundo en 4 ingredientes (The World in 4 Ingredients, Grijalbo-Random House 2013). The latter won the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2013 in the category of Best Foreign Cuisine Book. I also co-wrote Barcelona: An Eater’s Guide to the City (Triangle Books, 2018), Time Out Guia de bars i restaurants 2020, Lonely Planet Experience Barcelona (June, 2022) and Time Out Guia de bars i restaurants 2023-24. My articles have appeared in National Geographic Spain, Time Out Barcelona, Architectural Digest Spain, Vanity Fair Spain, El Comidista (El País food blog), La Vanguardia, Easy Jet Traveller, SilverKris and Culinary Backstreets.