“Hers is one of the few food blogs on the Web that features only original recipes. And there’s no pretentious foodspeak. She’s as down-to-earth as that other Rachael who cooks -- her ingredients are mostly items you can pull from your cupboards and her recipes aren’t complicated or time-consuming -- but not so annoyingly perky. ” - Style Magazine, Nov. 2007

Coconut & Lime was the winner of the WellFed Network-sponsored 2006 Food Blog Awards for best original recipes. Coconut & Lime receives thousands of visitors a day and boasts over 600 of Rachel’s original recipes.

Examples of Rachel’s writing online include a piece for National Public Radio’s Kitchen Window series (Purim: Carnivals, Cookies and Candy), several articles on FitFare.net, original recipes and essays on the online food magazines Culinate (Meet Me At the Fair and Fruit Royalty), Apartment Therapy (Regional Farmers Market Report: Baltimore, Maryland) , Sustainable Eating (Broccoli & Garlic Pasta), and FoodieView (Festive Vegan Favorites).

Rachel is a lifelong resident of Baltimore, MD, one of the quirkiest cities on the East Coast. Her background is diverse -- she has a B.A. in History with a focus in urban history and M.A. in Education -- but her true love is food.

To learn more about Rachel Rappaport, take a look at her Cookthink Qustionnaire.