On the Scent of the Overlooked Quince + Root Veg Recipes

Growing Quince

Quince expert Joseph Postman joins us to talk about quince. This fragrant fruit is unknown to many in North America, and often relegated to use as a rootstock for pear trees.

Postman is a retired plant pathologist and curator of the USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, Oregon, where he helped develop a pear collection with cultivars and species from around the world.

We talk about:

• What is quince
• How to use quince fruit
• The use of quince trees as rootstock for pear trees
• Quince varieties
• Quince cold hardiness
• Quince diseases

Delectable Root Vegetable Recipes

Cookbook author and professional home economist Jennifer MacKenzie joins us to talk about cooking root vegetables and shares recipes from her book The Complete Root Cellar Book. 

We talk about:

• Shopping for root veg
• What to look for if you're planning to store root veg
• Spiced roasted turnip and beet batons
• Beet and carrot slaw
• Root cellar medley soup
• Parsnip and pear soup