'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 Lawson

Winner of the James Beard Vegetable-Focused Cooking Book Award

Heritage 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 Polenta
• Carrot and Vermicelli Buns
• Crispy Potato Tacos
• Kale, Ginger and Green Onion Noodles
• Broccoli Wontons with Umami Crisp
• Soy-Butter Bok Choy Pasta
• Sweet Potato and Black Sesame Marble Bundt

About the Author
Hetty Lui McKinnon is a Chinese Australian cook and food writer. A James Beard Foundation finalist, she is the author of Tenderheart: A Book About Vegetables and Ubreakable Family Bonds, the much-loved To Asia, With Love, the award-winning Family: New Vegetarian Comfort Food to Nourish Every Day, Neighbourhood: Hearty Salads and Plant-Based Recipes from Home and Abroad, and Community: Salad Recipes from Arthur Street Kitchen. Hetty is also the editor and publisher of multicultural food journal Peddler and the host of the magazine's podcast The House Specials. She is a regular recipe contributor to The New York Times, Bon Appetit, Epicurious.com, and ABC Everyday; and her recipes have appeared in Food52, The Guardian, The Washington Post and more. Born and raised in Sydney, she now resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews
A very moving book about family love and how everyday cooking is built into that. Hetty McKinnon is never sentimental. She truly understands how to nurture - deliciously - with vegetables. When you cook out of this book you can't not think of that. You feel as if every dish is you make is a tribute to this approach to life. -- Diana Henry
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 Lawson



Book Information
ISBN 9781035054596
Author Hetty Lui McKinnon
Format Hardback
Page Count 528
Imprint Bluebird
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 1684g
Dimensions(mm) 278mm * 204mm * 40mm