Kendall Vanderslice is a baker, writer and speaker, as well as the founder of the Edible Theology project , a ministry that connects the Communion table to the kitchen table. She is a graduate of Wheaton College (BA anthropology), Boston University (MLA gastronomy), and Duke Divinity School (master of theological studies). Her bylines include Christianity Today, The Bitter Southerner, Christian Century, Religion News Service, and Faith & Leadership, as well as her book We Will Feast. Kendall lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her big-eared beagle named Strudel, where she teaches workshops on bread baking as a spiritual practice.