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Maria Hunt

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Maria Hunt is a bubbly-loving, author, storyteller on culture through food, wine, wellness, design + travel. Chicagoan for life.

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Maria C. Hunt is a California-based journalist, digital content strategist and author specializing in cultural stories around food, drinks, travel, and wellness. Her books include champagne cocktail book The Bubbly Bar (2009), California Soul (2022) and The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide: Napa Valley (2025).

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Inside the historic Nottinghamshire market town with something for everyone

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By Maria Hunt Verified, Zena Hawley Verified
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A Nottinghamshire town full of independent high street stores, markets, cafes and culture has something for everyone. Just a 25-minute train ride from Nottingham, Newark-on-Trent is well-known for its castle and the town's involvement in the English Civil War as a Royalist stronghold, taking part in three sieges before finally surrendering in 1646. The castle dates back more than 900 years and is where King John - he of Magna Carta fame - died in 1216, aged 49.
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The 2 Nottinghamshire areas named among the least friendly places in England

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By Maria Hunt Verified
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Two Nottinghamshire districts have been ranked among the least friendly in England, according to a new study. Many residents in Mansfield and Ashfield are not proud of where they live and generally choose to keep to themselves rather than engaging with neighbours, analysis of the Government's Community Life Survey has found. The index, published by the National Conversation, ranks England's 296 local authorities based on eight differing factors.
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Celebrating Black Hawaiians with songs of resilience and joy

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By Maria Hunt Verified
| 48 Hills Verified
Māhealani Uchiyama was a college student studying dance ethnology in Honolulu the first time she remembers someone called her pōpolo. “It was while I was out shopping at Ala Moana Center,” she recalls. Pōpolo is the Hawaiian name for a glossy black nightshade berry that’s used for food and traditional medicine. But it has another meaning: On the Hawaiian Islands, pōpolo can be used as a slur for dark-skinned people of African descent.
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