Rachel S. Thurston's feature articles have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Santa Barbara Magazine, Food and Home Magazine, and The Independent. Her most recent travel story is featured in the humorous travel anthology What Color Is Your Jockstrap? (May 2006) along with stories by award-winning nonfiction travel writers Tim Cahill (Jaguars Ripped My Flesh) and Susan Orlean (author of The Orchid Thief, inspiration for the Oscar-winning movie Adaptation).