Tenderheartis a book about vegetables. It's also a story of unbreakable family bonds, love and loss, and the legacy of food as a way to stay connected to loved ones, including those who have passed.
In this masterwork from Australia's most respected vegetable-loving food writer, Hetty Lui McKinnon takes readers on a vegetable-by-vegetable journey, packed with clever and inventive ways to combine ingredients, flavours and texture. With practicality, accessibility and economy in mind, Hetty devotes one chapter to each of her 22 favourite everyday vegetables, from Asian greens to zucchini. As is Hetty's signature, the flavours are globally inspired, with an emphasis on simple yet inventive weeknight cooking.
180 new, inspired and always delicious recipes will change how you see the humble vegetable and what it is capable of, forever. This is the ultimate vegetable bible from Australia's reigning salad queen.
Recipes include: Broccoli wontons with umami crisp; Cauliflower and kale pesto pasta salad with burrata; Smoky eggplant and lentil stew with baked feta; Tiger salad with green tea noodles; Torn lasagne with kale and kimchi; Southern fried mushrooms; Tingly 'cacio e pepe' snow peas with rice noodles; Salt and pepper potato gems; Seaweed burnt butter pasta; Spinach and mint ruffled milk pie; Carrot and almond polenta cake with lemon drizzle; Ginger and date sticky rye puddings; Spiced pumpkin doughnuts.
About the Author:Hetty Lui McKinnon is a Chinese-Australian cook and food writer. She is the author of four bestselling cookbooks, her genre-definingCommunity, Neighbourhood, the award-winningFamilyandTo Asia, With Love, which was nominated for a 2022 James Beard Foundation Award. Hetty is also the editor and publisher of multicultural food journalPeddlerand host of the magazine's podcast The House Specials. She is a regular recipe contributor toABC Everyday, New York Times Cooking, Bon AppetitandEpicurious, and her recipes have appeared inGood Food, Food52, theGuardian, The Washington Postand more. Born and raised in Sydney, Hetty now resides in in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and three children.
Published: 27th September 2022, byPan Macmillan Australia.
ISBN: 9781760987299
Number Of Pages: 528
Tenderheart: A Book About Vegetables