About this episode

Kate Lebo joins the hosts to discuss her book on difficult fruits and explore unique culinary ingredients.

The poet and piemaker Kate Lebo joins us to help discuss her book "The Book of Difficult Fruit," which inspired this episode! We meddle with some medlars and try to make some prickly pears less prickly. Don’t take your pommes for granted! For recipes, Home Cooking merch, and a transcript of this episode, visit homecooking.show.

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