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Community

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Community by Hetty Lui McKinnon turns salads into vibrant, hearty main dishes that celebrate everyday vegetables with exciting flavours. This revised edition includes 20 new recipes such as roasted sweet potato with lime cashew cream, whole roasted cauliflower with romesco sauce, and charred cos lettuce with marinated feta. Alongside beautiful photography and inspiring stories from readers, the book invites sharing simple nourishing meals with family, friends, and neighbours.
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This book is perfect for home cooks seeking nutritious, flavourful vegetarian meals to share with loved ones, especially those interested in elevating salads as central dishes.

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In this new edition of the much-loved Community, Hetty McKinnon shares new recipes and reader stories - with accompanying interviews and beautiful imagery - to give the book back to the fans who made it such a classic.

In this new edition of the much-loved Community, Hetty Lui McKinnon shares new recipes and reader stories - with accompanying interviews and beautiful imagery - to give the book back to the fans who made it such a classic.

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REVISED EDITION WITH NEW RECIPES AND STORIES

Community completely changed my understanding of how vegetables can be used, and even how they're supposed to taste.

Community moves salads firmly to the centre of the plate, injecting colour, life and flair into everyday vegetables, and showing you how to achieve exciting flavours and hearty main meals with simple, nourishing ingredients. These are the kind of recipes you will want to share with your family, friends and neighbours, time and time again.

Originally released in 2014, Community became an instant classic and favourite in kitchens all over Australia and around the world, creating a community of salad-lovers who are passionate about cooking and sharing vegetables. In this revised edition, Hetty shares 20 new recipes and some of those readers' stories - with accompanying interviews and beautiful imagery - to give the book back to the fans who made it such a phenomenon.

New recipes include: Roasted sweet potato with lime cashew cream and roasted curry cashews; Butternut pumpkin with lemon tahini and miso granola; Whole roasted cauliflower with toasted farro and romesco sauce; Roasted cabbage with lentils and pumpkin seed brown butter; Pasta alla norma salad; Charred cos lettuce with lemony mushrooms, chickpeas and marinated feta.

This is simple but generous food that you will want to make every night of the week, for those you love.

PRAISE FOR COMMUNITY

'If you were stuck on a desert island and had to choose a salad to survive on, chances are it would come from this book.' Sydney Morning Herald

'Inventive, healthy and filling recipes.' Herald Sun

'The recipes, food styling and photography present readers with their own visual feast.' Weekly Review

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Sydney Morning Herald calls it the ideal survival salad cookbook, while the Herald Sun praises its inventive, healthy, and filling recipes. The Weekly Review highlights the stunning food styling and photography, offering readers a visual feast.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760786571

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 October 2019

Country: Australia

Imprint: Plum

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 220.0mm

Height: 281.0mm

Weight: 1036g

Pages: 264

About the Author

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 in Surry Hills, Sydney. In 2015, Hetty and her family relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where she is editor and publisher of multicultural food journal Peddler and hosts the magazine's podcast 'The House Specials'. Hetty is the author of three bestselling cookbooks: Community, Neighbourhood and the award-winning Family. She is also a regular recipe contributor to ABC Life and Food & Wine and writes the column 'The Community Kitchen' for Guardian.

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