Maria Turk

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Location
South Africa
Expertise
Salty Snacks, Interesting Food Combos, Cheese
  • In addition to blogging for "African Dream Foods," Maria writes features for Tasting Table — the perfect home for her foodie tendencies.
  • She's a proud survivor of the Carolina Reaper (the world's hottest chili pepper) after testing it for a feature on hot sauce.
  • She has ghostwritten the foreword of two cookbooks.

Experience

While Maria has been writing professionally for the past five years, she's been a writer as far back as she can remember. In tenth grade, she worked as both a reporter and a features writer for her school newspaper (often reviewing local restaurants), and by senior year, she became the editor. In college, she minored in playwriting and has since written two feature films, both of which received global theatrical distribution, and several award-winning plays, including Best Original Play. Finally, she moved into the world of copywriting, writing and editing exhibition texts for several prominent art galleries and writing articles about food.

Education

Maria has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting and playwriting.

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