Salad recipes for sharing from Hetty Lui McKinnon

Our cookbook of the week is Linger by Hetty Lui McKinnon.

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Jump to the recipes: soba with roasted Brussels sprouts, mushrooms and maple-soy sauce caramel , roasted grapes and feta with grains and kale , and broccoli and tempeh with salsa macha .

Cookbooks don’t often come together in real time, surrounded by friends — but for her sixth title, Linger, Hetty Lui McKinnon did things differently.

The Chinese Australian cook and food writer created the book’s more than 100 recipes instinctively, based on what was in season, what she felt like cooking and what she was craving at the time. “My cravings are probably the biggest incentive in terms of determining what I cook and when.”

The idea of documenting a year of gatherings came to McKinnon at the end of 2022.