LINGER: An Evening with Hetty Lui McKinnon and Genevieve Villamora

ABOUT THE COOKBOOK

“[My] culinary life began with salad. A charred broccoli salad, to be specific. Crispy florets tossed with chickpeas and cooling mint, flecked with red chilli pepper and zested lemon peel, bathed in a garlicky caper oil. That salad inspired me to consider possibilities. It ultimately led me here.”

From her salad-delivery days in Sydney to her current career as a food writer and bestselling cookbook author in New York, Hetty Lui McKinnon has long known the power of salads to connect and create community. Salads are meant to be shared; they are what you bring to a gathering of friends or family, the ultimate comfort food. With Linger, Hetty has come full circle. Rather than delivering salads to members of her community, this time, she has invited friends into her home, to share salads, sweets and stories around her dining room table. Linger documents these intimate gatherings, with vegetable-laden, loosely seasonal menus enjoyed and photographed in real time.

With over 100 inventive recipes for meal-worthy salads, smaller bites and simple sweets, Hetty invites you to become a part of an unforgettable shared experience of community, food and friendship.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hetty Lui McKinnon is a Chinese Australian cook and food writer. She is the author of five bestselling cookbooks, including her genre-defining Community; Neighborhood; Family; To Asia, With Love; and, most recently, Tenderheart, which won a James Beard Award and an IACP Award in 2024. Hetty is a regular contributor to New York Times Cooking and ABC Lifestyle and writes the popular weekly newsletter To Vegetables, With Love. Born and
raised in Sydney, she now resides in Brooklyn, New York.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Genevieve Villamora is a restaurateur, writer, and recipe developer based in Washington, D.C. Her work has appeared in Bon Appetit Magazine, NPR.org, and The Atlantic's CityLab. She has spoken about Filipino food at the Smithonion's Food History Weekend, on NPR's Code Switch podcast, and Bon Appetit's Foodcast. A veteran of the D.C. restaurant scene, Genevieve co-owned and operated the James Beard Award-winning Bad Saint for seven years

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