Rachel Levin is a free­lance jour­nal­ist who was the first San Fran­cis­co restau­rant crit­ic for Eater, and has writ­ten for The New York Times, The New York­er, The Wall Street Jour­nal, Lucky Peach, and Sun­set, among oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. The 2018 recip­i­ent of Les Dames Escoffier’s Karo­la Saekel Craib Excel­lence in Food Jour­nal­ism Fel­low­ship, Rachel recent­ly launched a new semi-reg­u­lar col­umn in the San Fran­cis­co Chron­i­cle​’s Food sec­tion on restau­rant reg­u­lars, illus­trat­ed by George McCal­man. Her work has twice been includ­ed in Best Food Writ­ing antholo­gies, and she has con­tributed to AMP’s Mar­ket­place and Pop-Up mag­a­zine. She is the author of Look Big: And Oth­er Tips for Sur­viv­ing Ani­mal Encoun­ters of All Kinds (Ten Speed, 2018).