I started the award winning food blog Coconut & Lime in 2004 to share recipes with my friends. In the years since it has grown into a respected source of original, inventive recipes with fans all over the world. MSN’s Delish.com named Coconut & Lime one of the top 50 food blogs in the world.“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. 2007Following the success of my blog, I have become a popular food writer and commentator appearing in a wide range of online and print publications, webcasts, television and radio.My cookbooks, Cooking with Frank's RedHot Cayenne Pepper Sauce: Delicious Recipes That Bring the Heat (Ulysses, October 2014) The Everything Healthy Slow Cooker (Adams Media, August 2010), The Everything Whole Foods Cookbook (Adams Media, February 2012) and The Big Book of Slow Cooker Recipes (Adams Media, January 2013), are available for sale both online and in bookstores internationally.My recipes also appear in the cookbooks Good Bite’s Weeknight Meals: Delicious Made Easy and Ramps: The Cookbook both of which are available now. I develop recipes for General Mills. Look for them on the Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Old El Paso, Live Better America, and Yoplait websites.I've also developed recipes for Dole, the National Mango Board, OXO, the Shrimp Council, Eastern Fish Company, CajunCrawfish.com, Love Beets, the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board and McCormick spices among other national companies.Specialties: recipe development, food writing, food photography, cooking demonstrations, cooking lessons, social media