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Previous Work:

For the 2022-2023 cycle, I applied for and received a Maryland Folklife Apprenticeship grant (supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council) as a master of my field and together with my apprentice, Kara Mae Harris created a spiral-bound book of “modernized” recipes we found in community cookbooks and archives around the state. I selected and “modernized” the recipes and Harris researched the lives of the women who contributed the recipes.

I have developed recipes and provided copy for many companies.

I have developed dozens of recipes for General Mills. Look for my recipes 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, Bahlsen, Vlasic, the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Hellman’s/Best Foods, Lipton, Lay’s, Musselman’s Apple Butter, Imperial Sugar, Divine Chocolate, La Paloma Gourmet, Hidden Valley Ranch, Food Lion Supermarkets, Thrive™ Algae Oil, Martin’s Potato Rolls, Siggi’s Yogurt, Finlandia cheese (and butter!), and McCormick spices among other national companies and brands.

I contributed many articles to Parade.com. Check my posts out here!

I had a seasonal food column in Taste of the Bay Magazine for several years.

I’ve written several cookbooks:

Festive Maryland Recipes: Holiday Recipes from the Old Line State co-written with my Maryland Folklife grant apprentice, Kara Mae Harris

Order it here

The book includes essays about traditions from around the world and how they have been celebrated in Maryland by Kara Mae Harris and Marylanders’ own recipes used to celebrate holidays such as New Year’s Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Rosh Hashanah and St. David’s Day such as white potato pie, stuffed ham, blintzes, kuba, Italian Easter pies, and kinklings and more updated by me, Rachel Rappaport, so you can recreate these traditions at home.

Cooking with Frank’s RedHot Cayenne Pepper Sauce: Delicious Recipes That Bring the Heat is available at local book stores, on Amazon in both hardback and Kindle editions and at Barnes and Noble in both hardback and NOOK editions.

My first cookbook, Everything Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook features 300 new recipes from a wide range of cuisines and absolutely no canned soup. It is available on Amazon.com and in bookstores worldwide.

My second cookbook, Everything Whole Foods Cookbook, featuring 300 new recipes using whole ingredients, is available in stores and online now.

I contributed recipes and wrote the opening chapters to The Big Book of Slow Cooker Recipes and The Big Book of Vegetarian Recipes

I contributed several recipes to Good Bite Weeknight Meals: Delicious Made Easy and Ramps: Cooking with the Best Kept Secret of the Appalachian Trail which are available now!

I contributed many articles to Parade.com. Check my posts out here!

Examples of my work with brands:

“Caesar” Chicken Thighs for Dole.
Iced Chocolate Malted Brownies for Pillsbury
Pumpkin Mole Grits, Elotes-style Zucchini, Panes con Pavo (Salvadoran Turkey Sandwich), Salvadoran Enchiladas, Torta Ahogada (drowned sandwich) and Polish Tacos for Old El Paso
Crawfish Deviled Eggs, Crawfish Cakes, and Crawfish Stuffed Bread for CajunCrawfish.com

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