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Stateside Podcast: Cooking with pawpaw

A pawpaw hanging from a branch
Agricultural Research Service

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The pawpaw, an elusive and unique fruit native to the U.S.’s mid-Atlantic region, has been an important food to plenty of Native people for a very long time. But in modern times, it’s just now getting traction in the culinary scene. Today, we learn how to find, cook, and consume a pawpaw.

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Sara Bir, chef and author of The Pocket Pawpaw Cookbook

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Rachel Ishikawa joined Michigan Public in 2020 as a podcast producer. She produced Kids These Days, a limited-run series that launched in the summer of 2020.