ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF 2025: The Washington Post, The Strategist, Bon Appétit, The Boston Globe, Slate, Serious Eats, and Saveur“Hetty McKinnon doesn’t write great vegetarian recipes, she just writes great recipes.” —Nigella LawsonIn her follow-up to the James Beard award-winning cookbok Tenderheart, Hetty Lui McKinnon returns with Linger, a cookbook for those looking to up their salad game. These colorful main-meal salads are inventive and hearty, packed with vegetables and globally-inspired flavors. Linger proves that salads are the most versatile dish, perfect for weeknight dinners, not-sad-desk-lunches, and as a show-stopping celebration meal. From her salad-delivery days in Sydney to her current career as a food writer and bestselling cookbook author in New York, Hetty has long known the power of salads to connect and create community. In Linger, Hetty presents her salads, sweets and stories in twelve vibrant, loosely-seasonal menus -- each of which have their own playlist -- that are the perfect blueprint for gathering and entertaining.Over 100 recipes, including:• Caprese Salad with Grilled Pineapple • Mapo Tofu salad• Cauliflower Larb • French Onion Salad• Curry Potato-and-Pea Dumpling Salad • Potato Salad Tartine• Vegan Dan Dan salad• Roasted Spiced Carrots and Crispy Tofu with Agrodolce• Tomato and Kimchi Pasta Salad • Butternut with Lentils, Olives, and Pickle Sauce• Plus sweets like Hong Kong Milk Tea Tres Leches and Matcha and Ginger Custard Tart!

'A love letter to vegetables and almost a memoir through recipes, this truly special book speaks to the soul as much as to the stomach.' - Nigella LawsonWinner of the James Beard Vegetable-Focused Cooking Book AwardHeritage and food have always been linked for Hetty Lui McKinnon. Tenderheart is a loving homage to her father, a Chinese immigrant in Australia, told in flavourful, vegetarian recipes. Growing up as part of a Chinese family in Australia, McKinnon formed a deep appreciation for her bicultural identity, and for her father, who moved to Sydney as a teenager and learned English while selling bananas at a local market. As he brought home crates full of produce after work, McKinnon learned about the beauty and versatility of fruits and vegetables.Tenderheart is the happy outcome of McKinnon's love of vegetables, featuring twenty-two essential fruits and vegetables that become the basis for over 180 outstanding recipes including:Miso Mushroom Ragu with Baked PolentaCarrot and Vermicelli BunsCrispy Potato TacosKale, Ginger and Green Onion NoodlesBroccoli Wontons with Umami CrispSoy-Butter Bok Choy PastaSweet Potato and Black Sesame Marble Bundt

ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF 2025: The Washington Post, The Strategist, Bon Appétit, The Boston Globe, Slate, Serious Eats, and Saveur“Hetty McKinnon doesn’t write great vegetarian recipes, she just writes great recipes.” —Nigella LawsonIn her follow-up to the James Beard award-winning cookbok Tenderheart, Hetty Lui McKinnon returns with Linger, a cookbook for those looking to up their salad game. These colorful main-meal salads are inventive and hearty, packed with vegetables and globally-inspired flavors. Linger proves that salads are the most versatile dish, perfect for weeknight dinners, not-sad-desk-lunches, and as a show-stopping celebration meal. From her salad-delivery days in Sydney to her current career as a food writer and bestselling cookbook author in New York, Hetty has long known the power of salads to connect and create community. In Linger, Hetty presents her salads, sweets and stories in twelve vibrant, loosely-seasonal menus -- each of which have their own playlist -- that are the perfect blueprint for gathering and entertaining.Over 100 recipes, including:• Caprese Salad with Grilled Pineapple • Mapo Tofu salad• Cauliflower Larb • French Onion Salad• Curry Potato-and-Pea Dumpling Salad • Potato Salad Tartine• Vegan Dan Dan salad• Roasted Spiced Carrots and Crispy Tofu with Agrodolce• Tomato and Kimchi Pasta Salad • Butternut with Lentils, Olives, and Pickle Sauce• Plus sweets like Hong Kong Milk Tea Tres Leches and Matcha and Ginger Custard Tart!

'A love letter to vegetables and almost a memoir through recipes, this truly special book speaks to the soul as much as to the stomach.' - Nigella LawsonWinner of the James Beard Vegetable-Focused Cooking Book AwardHeritage and food have always been linked for Hetty Lui McKinnon. Tenderheart is a loving homage to her father, a Chinese immigrant in Australia, told in flavourful, vegetarian recipes. Growing up as part of a Chinese family in Australia, McKinnon formed a deep appreciation for her bicultural identity, and for her father, who moved to Sydney as a teenager and learned English while selling bananas at a local market. As he brought home crates full of produce after work, McKinnon learned about the beauty and versatility of fruits and vegetables.Tenderheart is the happy outcome of McKinnon's love of vegetables, featuring twenty-two essential fruits and vegetables that become the basis for over 180 outstanding recipes including:Miso Mushroom Ragu with Baked PolentaCarrot and Vermicelli BunsCrispy Potato TacosKale, Ginger and Green Onion NoodlesBroccoli Wontons with Umami CrispSoy-Butter Bok Choy PastaSweet Potato and Black Sesame Marble Bundt