About the Author

Candace Nelson, a West Virginia native, is the social media editor at West Virginia University. She operates Candace Lately, a blog that focuses on food culture in West Virginia, and resides in Morgantown.

Emily Hilliard is the West Virginia state folklorist. Her food writing has been featured by NPR, The Southern Foodways Alliance, Lucky Peach, and the Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, among others. She writes the pie blog Nothing in the House

Reviews

“In The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll, Candace Nelson offers us an insider’s take on the pepperoni roll, exploring the history, science, great pepperoni roll debates (sticks v. slices, Sheetz v. the people of West Virginia), cultural context, regional variations, and adaptations as only a native could. As the nature of my work as state folklorist takes me all over West Virginia, hungry both in appetite and in my quest to sample local traditional culture—including foods—I am grateful to have such a guide.” - From the foreword by Emily Hilliard