Rachel Tepper Paley
Site Director
Rachel is Bon Appétit and Epicurious’s site director, helping bring to life stories touching restaurants, culture, travel, politics, drinks, and more. She’s a long-time food and drink journalist with nearly 20 years of experience, most recently serving as Digital Editorial Director at Wine Enthusiast Magazine. She’s also held staff roles at Delish, Yahoo! Food, The Huffington Post, and NBC, and her work has been published by The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Eater, Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, Afar, Mic, TheKitchn, and too many more to list here. A native Marylander with intense feelings about crab cakes, Rachel lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two young children.
Culture
What Beer Tasted Like in 6000 B.C.
The earliest beers, made around 6000 B.C., probably tasted vastly different from what we today consider a quality brew.
techniques
How to MacGyver Your Airbnb Kitchen
No can opener? No problem. Here's how to cook around a poorly stocked kitchen.
Cooking
Bake Pie in a Casserole, Never Go Back
When there's no pie tin to be found, grab a casserole instead.