Melanie Rehak

Melanie Rehak is an author and journalist who wrote "Eating for Beginners" after becoming a mother and struggling with feeding her picky toddler.

Her book explores the complexities of food choices, sustainability, and ethical consumption through her experiences working in a local restaurant and visiting farms and food producers.

Rehak's writing style is described as warm, compelling, and energetic, with a knack for knowing when to insert herself into the story and when to let her subjects shine.

She brings a fresh perspective to the genre of food writing by combining elements of parenting literature with investigative journalism and personal memoir.