Rita Henß

Rita Henß (* 1956 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German journalist , gastronomy critic and author of travel and cookery books.

Live and act

Henß (also Rita Henss ) grew up in the west of Frankfurt. After studying Romance Studies , German and Slavonic Studies, as well as an internship at the Frankfurter Rundschau , she worked for several years as a feature editor for a subsidiary project of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and then headed the public relations department at the Frankfurt Opera . She has been working as a freelance journalist since the mid-1990s.

As a book author, she publishes travel guides and culinary volumes in renowned publishers such as Mandelbaum, Herder , Picus , Thorbecke , MairDumont , Polyglott and Travel House Media . Her works have been translated into several languages ​​(e.g. Italian, Russian, Dutch). Her reports, portraits, glosses, features and reviews have appeared and appear in numerous German-language newspapers and magazines, such as Die Zeit , Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , adventures and travel and Die Welt . She regularly wrote restaurant reviews for food & drink . In addition, she was co-founder and co-editor / author of the (now discontinued) NORDend magazine. Currently she wears u. a. regularly contributes to the online magazine wein-welten.com and works both textually and editorially with a photography and graphics team, mainly in the areas of food & travel.

In 1997 she received one of the Alitalia International Awards for her numerous Italian publications; In 1999 she was awarded the Medaille d'Argent of the Republic of France for her coverage of the country.

Henß lives in the north end of Frankfurt , but also lived for a time in Portugal (Madeira), France (Orleans, Paris) and Spain (Barcelona).

Publications

• Peanut - Small Gourmand Iron . Mandelbaum, Vienna, 2020, ISBN 978-3-85476-865-4 .
• The Morocco Book - Highlights of a Fascinating Country, Kunth, 2019, ISBN 978-3-95504-525-8
• Pomegranate - Small gourmet dishes. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85476-574-5 .
• Saffron - small gourmet dishes. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85476-541-7 .
• Cinnamon - Small gourmet dishes. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85476-514-1 .
• Poppy seeds - small gourmet dishes. Mandelbaum, Vienna, 2016, ISBN 978-3-85476-504-2 .
• Morocco - Merian moments. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8342-1720-2 .
• Morocco Merian Live. Travel House Media, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8342-2085-1 .
• various editions of the DuMont picture atlas (including Northern Italy, Tuscany, Piedmont, Provence, Flanders, Madeira, Moselle, Saarland, Rhön, Frankfurt)
• Seductive Cyprus: A Culinary Journey. Callwey, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7667-2115-0 .
• A year in Provence. Herder, 2013, ISBN 978-3-451-06529-3 .
• Baedeker Madeira. 2013, ISBN 978-3-8297-1417-4 .
• Baedeker Morocco. 2013, ISBN 978-3-8297-1422-8 .
• Merian Live Tunisia. Travel House Media, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8342-1157-6 .
• Marco Polo Frankfurt. MairDumont, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8297-2461-6 .
• Fascination Germany - Frankfurt. Kunth Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89944-730-9 .
• Saffron & Cardamom: The oriental spice cuisine. Thorbecke, 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-3552-6 .
• Provence. DuMont Reiseverlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7701-9268-7 .
• MARCO POLO Madeira travel guide. MairDumont, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8297-0482-3 .
• Chocolates, beer and old masters. Lace from Flanders. Picus, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85452-947-7 .
• Clouds of flowers, wine and eternal spring - Madeira, a daughter of the volcano. Picus, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-7117-1014-7 .
• The poet, money and green sauce - Frankfurt temptations. Picus, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85452-918-X .
• Alsace - travel for connoisseurs. DuMont Reiseverlag, 2002, ISBN 3-7701-5478-9 .
• Mexico - Culinary Forays. Edition Siegloch, 2000, ISBN 3-89393-190-2 .

Translation:

• Clear the stage for bread (from the French Nima Hemmat-Azad, Le Pain fait son show), books4success; 2017, ISBN 978-3-86470-471-0 .

Collaboration:

• Baedeker SMART Tuscany , 2019, ISBN 978-3-82973-426-4
• This is how Germany tastes - gourmet journeys from the North Sea to the Alps, Kunth, 2019, ISBN 978-3-95504761-0
• Silk Road - Highway of History: from Istanbul to Xi'an. Kunth, 2017, ISBN 978-3-95504-386-5 .
• The last wilderness in Africa. Kunth, 2017, ISBN 978-3-95504-319-3 .
• Europe's most beautiful wine routes - gourmet tours between Riesling and Rioja. Kunth, 2016, ISBN 978-3-95504-316-2 .
• Metropolights, London. Kunth 2015, ISBN 978-3-95504-227-1 .
• Provence for hand luggage. Unions Verlag 2016, ISBN 978-3-293-20721-9 .
• Sake - elixir of the Japanese soul. Verlag Gebr. Kornmeyer 2013, ISBN 978-3-942051-46-0 .
• Culinary travel - Germany. Marco Polo 2006, ISBN 3-8297-0900-5 .
• Frankfurt for women. Elster Verlag 1989, ISBN 3-89151-079-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Rita Henß in the catalog of the German National Library
• Rita Henß at Perlentaucher.de
• Website from Rita Henß

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DUMONT Reiseverlag website ( memento of the original dated November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: website Nordend-Magazin )