Rachel Brotman
Rachel Brotman is The Carboholic, a NYC food creator sharing bakery finds, dessert rankings, restaurant guides, recipes and food-filled travels.
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- Known as
- The Carboholic
- Based in
- New York City
- Work
- Food creator, guide writer and recipe sharer
- Full-time creator
- Since 2020, after teaching first grade
Mini bio
How it started.
Before making food content her full-time job, Rachel taught first grade at a private school. In 2020, she left teaching to focus on The Carboholic. Her own site traces the name to her sweet tooth and love of bread and pasta.
Finding the next favorite.
Her work combines restaurant discoveries with detailed rankings of pancakes, cinnamon rolls, cookies and hot chocolate. Her coverage has helped bring diners to small businesses: in a 2024 New York Post interview, Glace owner Sasha Zabar credited her with helping put his shop on the map. Her food photography has also appeared on LinkNYC screens.
From guides to new projects.
On Substack, Rachel shares dining diaries, travel itineraries and recipes. In March 2026 she began testing chocolate chip cookie recipes from NYC bakeries and restaurants at home. That October, she introduced Folio, a hotel-review app being developed by a five-person team, inspired by a disappointing hotel stay.
Creditschronological, newest first
Writing and projects
- 2026FolioPart of the team developing a social hotel-review app
- 2026Baking NYC’s Best CCCs at HomeWriter and home baker
- 2025NYC: Top PancakesWriter
Media appearances
- 2024The Best Date Spots in NYC for Every Relationship PhaseGuest, Mostly Dating podcast
- 2024The Carboholic’s Guide to Soft ServeFeatured on NBC New York Live
Quotes
I don’t have an agenda, I’m not doing anything mean or click-baity to get viewsRachel Brotman, New York Post
Speaking in August 2024 about her approach to covering restaurants and bakeries.
Trivia
- For her February 2025 pancake guide, she said she had tasted close to 70 stacks across 20 NYC neighborhoods.
- Her preferred chocolate chip cookie has crisp edges and a chewy, gooey center that is not raw.
- She opened her 2026 home-baking series with The Pastry Box’s Double Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.
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