Family Hetty McKinnon

Family is our greatest influence in shaiping us, in making us.

At the heart of every family, there is a complex story of food. The family table represents a constantly revolving edible history, where nostalgia interlaces with tradition, identity and culture, and where small moments grow into lasting memories. Along with the food that we eat around the table, there are also the shared experiences - the conversations, reflections, heated discussions and informal exchanges that add a unique flavour to our food.

Family food isn't fancy or complex. Its roots are humble, stemming from recipes passed on through generations, and food rituals born from daily cooking. Most importantly, great family recipes are ones that nurture our souls, our hearts and our tummies. Family food is comfort food. The food we ate as children comforts us because it is evocative ofa time when we were happuy or nutured; it connects us to our past, and provides a pathway to our future.

This book is rooted at home, and observes how our families influence who we are and what we eat. Sharing food together around the table is the most basic act of kinship, but its effects are far-reaching and consequential. The table is a unifier - when we converse with one another around food, ideas are sparked, creativity is kindled, characters are formed and lifelong habits are engendered.

Family shows you how to build a repertoire of crowd-pleasing, flavour-bursting vegetarian main meals - a modern guide to successfully eating green, together.

Paperback. 288 pages. Published by Plum, a Pan Macmillan Australia imprint, Sydney, 2018. Written by Hetty McKinnon. 280 x 217 mm.

Hetty Lui McKinnon is a cook and food writer with a passion for vegetables. In 2011, she established Arthur Street Kitchen, a local salad-delivery business run out of her inner-city terrace in Surry Hills, Sydney. In 2015, Hetty, with her family and Arthur Street Kitchen in tow, relocated to Brooklyn, New York City, where she writes about food and runs pop-up food events and workshops out of her Brooklyn-based creative space, Neighborhood Studio. www.arthurstreetkitchen.com

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