I just posted on YouTube a slideshow version of an audio piece I produced in 2015 called “Fairy Food: The Little People’s Potato.” Sometimes when investigating a topic, I end up with a lack of clarity but an expanded sense of magic and possibility. That was certainly the case here. It seems that as well as being tasty and nutritious, the air potato, Dioscorea polystachya, has at least implied connections to magical little people not only among the Cherokee, but in China as well. Find the original Earth Flavors article related to this audio doc here.