Matt Feyerabend / Pure Joy Ice Cream
From Native Fruit to Frozen Joy
Matt Feyerabend is the founder of Pure Joy Ice Cream, a Northwest Arkansas ice cream maker known for its commitment to small‑batch craft, local ingredients, and an adventurous flavor sensibility. His work champions Arkansas’s wild and cultivated foodways, with particular attention to native and lesser‑known fruits.
His Foodways demonstration at the festival centers on the pawpaw, the largest native fruit in North America and a long‑time staple of Ozark and Delta foraging. He shares how the pawpaw can be grown, harvested, and worked into the kitchen, including how its rich, tropical flavor translates beautifully into ice cream.
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