About the Author

Rachel Rappaport is an award-winning recipe developer, cookbook author, and food blogger. Her blog, Coconut & Lime (www.coconutandlime.com), features more than 1,600 of her original recipes and was named one of the top fifty food blogs in the world by MSN’s Delish.com. Her work has been featured by NPR, the Washington Post, the LA Times, the Baltimore Sun, and Fox News. She has appeared on several news, radio, and web shows demonstrating recipes and offering commentary.

Rachel is the author of The Everything Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook, The Everything Whole Foods Cookbook, The Big Book of Slow Cooker Recipes, and The Big Book of Vegetarian Recipes. Rachel lives in Baltimore, Maryland.