Linger

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Hetty McKinnon doesn t write great vegetarian recipes, she just writes great recipes.

Nigella Lawson

In her follow-up to the James Beard award-winning cookbook 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 in New York as both a food writer for The New York Times and a bestselling cookbook author, 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!