Full of Pith and Vinegar (with Kate Lebo)

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.

People in this episode

Hosts: Samin Nosrat, Hrishikesh Hirway

Guest: Kate Lebo

Topics covered

• poetry
• cooking
• fruit
• medlars
• prickly pears
• recipes

Keywords

• difficult fruit
• Kate Lebo
• medlars
• prickly pears
• cooking
• poetry
• recipes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Book of Difficult Fruit

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