Nov 04 2024 40 mins 1
Rachel Pennington is a great baker, a shitty capitalist, and a memoir/food writer. She owned The Pie Chest in Charlottesville, VA, a sanctuary of comfort, delicious food, and rest for the weary soul.
Her culinary work has been featured in or mentioned on The Travel Channel, USA Today, the Boston Globe, Edible Blue Ridge, Southern Living, Our Local Commons, the Southern Foodways Alliance, the Edacious Podcast, and various local publications. Her buttermilk biscuit was featured at Flavored Nation as the state dish of Virginia.
Rachel’s writing has been featured in Passages Literary Magazine (Ashland University Press), Forty Voices, The Porch, and she was longlisted for Craft’s Hybrid Writing Contest in 2023.
Rachel graduated with a Doctorate in the Creative Writing and Public Theology Program at Pittsburgh Seminary this past Spring.
She resides in Crozet, Virginia.
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