A Legacy of Sephardic, Mediterranean, and American Recipes

Rachel Almeleh was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1945 to Sephardic Jewish immigrants. She holds a BA (1967) and MEd (1986) in Spanish education from the University of Washington. She taught for over twenty-five years. She has two children. She began a hobby business in 1990, Rachel's Sephardic Delicacies, which she still operates in her retirement. She still teaches as a substitute, continuing her two passions of teaching and cooking.