Raymond Sokolov (born August 1, 1941) is an American journalist who has written extensively about food.

He wrote the "Eating Out" column for The Wall Street Journal's weekend edition from 2006 until March 2010.

Sokolov grew up in Detroit, and, while still in elementary school, finished 26th then 2nd in consecutive years in the National Spelling Bee in 1952 and 1953.

After graduating from Harvard College summa cum laude in classics, and spending a year as a Fulbright Scholar at Wadham College, Oxford, Sokolov spent two years back at Harvard pursuing a doctorate in classics.

In 1980, he married Johanna Hecht, a member of the curatorial staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.