About Edinburgh Foody MJ801

I’m originally from Alabama, USA, and have been in the UK for a bit over 5 years. I’m currently finishing up my PhD in poetry writing at the University of Edinburgh. I teach English Lit tutorials at the uni, work part time at Edinburgh Books, do some freelance copy writing, am a partner in a publishing company based in the States, am the Managing Editor and founding partner of The Istanbul Review, founding member and write for Lunchquest Edinburgh, and I am very attached to showing American Quarter Horses and find that somehow, most things come back to horses, Italy, and getting a book published.

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MJ801

I’m originally from Alabama, USA, and have been in the UK for a bit over 5 years. I’m currently finishing up my PhD in poetry writing at the University of Edinburgh. I teach English Lit tutorials at the uni, work part time at Edinburgh Books, do some freelance copy writing, am a partner in a publishing company based in the States, am the Managing Editor and founding partner of The Istanbul Review, founding member and write for Lunchquest Edinburgh, and I am very attached to showing American Quarter Horses and find that somehow, most things come back to horses, Italy, and getting a book published.

Pekoe Edinburgh: discover the perfect tea

Berry tea with actual berries. This smells amazing.

Blythe says It’s always lovely to see Danielle for lunch, but today my restaurant choice rather let us down, as Leven’s really didn’t hit the spot. Things were salvaged, and then some, but a post-prandial trip to Pekoe Tea, just a few doors down. Pekoe is a lovely little tea shop, with room…

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Growing up in an orchard

Growing up in Alabama

For as long as I can remember (until I went away to university), my father has cultivated the 600-tree strong orchard that sits on the edge of our land, next to the hayfield and the long dirt road. Pecans are native to the Southern part of North America and grow…

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