マイケル・スタインバーガー（1967年–）は、食文化、ワイン、政治・経済、テクノロジーを取材するジャーナリスト、著述家。カナダの雑誌『Maclean’s』の香港特派員を務め、オンライン誌『Slate』ではワインのコラムを執筆した。『Financial Times』や『The New Yorker』などにも寄稿し、『The New York Times Magazine』の寄稿記者として活動してきた。食と社会の変化を結びつけた『Au Revoir to All That』（未邦訳）では、料理人やワイン生産者、農家、パン職人らへの取材から、フランス料理の国際的地位の変化と、伝統的な食文化が直面する経済・社会的な課題を描いた。『The Wine Savant』（未邦訳）では、手頃な価格のワインから高級ボルドー、投機市場、ビオディナミ農法までを取り上げ、産地の評価や採点、自然派ワイン、料理との組み合わせなどをめぐる現代のワイン文化を検討した。2019年には、ハバフォード大学で同学年だったアレックス・カープへの継続的な取材を始めた。『パランティア――「哲学者」が率いる軍事AI企業の野望』（原題 “The Philosopher in the Valley”）では、カープの生い立ちと思想、彼が率いるデータ企業パランティアの成長をたどり、軍や情報機関への技術提供、監視技術と政治権力の関係を追った。
Michael Steinberger (born 1967) is a journalist and author covering food, wine, politics, economics, and technology. He worked as the Hong Kong correspondent for Maclean’s and wrote a wine column for Slate. His work has appeared in the Financial Times and The New Yorker, and he became a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. In “Au Revoir to All That,” he connected changes in French cuisine with wider economic and social pressures. Interviews with chefs, winemakers, farmers, bakers, and other artisans explored the changing international position of French cooking and the difficulties facing its culinary traditions. “The Wine Savant” turned to contemporary wine culture, moving from inexpensive bottles to prestigious Bordeaux, wine speculation, and biodynamic production. It considered shifting reputations among regions, numerical ratings, natural wine, and the pairing of wine with food. In 2019 he began sustained reporting on Alex Karp, who had been in his class at Haverford College. “The Philosopher in the Valley,” published in Japanese as “Palantir,” traced Karp’s background and ideas alongside the growth of the data company he leads. It examined the provision of technology to military and intelligence organizations and the relationship between surveillance technology and political power.
