Rachel Hurst is an architectural writer and critic. She has researched and been published on the alliances between design and food. Rachel’s work has been included in books Eating Architecture and Food and the City, she writes regularly for the Australian design media, and she is a contributing editor for Architecture Australia. She has been a frequent juror for the South Australian and Tasmanian Australian Institute of Architects Awards and in 2009 was a member of the National Awards Jury. A senior lecturer in architecture at the University of South Australia, Rachel is also undertaking a PhD (by project) at RMIT University with an emphasis on architecture and gastronomy.