Hetty McKinnon - Neighborhood: Hearty Salads and Plant-Based Recipes from Home and Abroad

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Distributed by Penguin Random House NEIGHBORHOOD HEARTY SALADS AND PLANT-BASED RECIPES FROM HOME AND ABROADHETTY MCKINNONPhotography by Luisa Brimble roost books Boulder 2017 Neighborhood 3rd pass.indd 3 10/31/16 12:19 PM FOR MEDIA USE ONLY / NOT FOR SALE On-Sale Date: June 27, 2017 / Paperback / $24.95 US-$29.95 CAN ISBN: 9781611804553 / 240 pp / 8.5 x 11 This is an uncorrected proof. No part of this book may be reproduced without permission from the publisher. All requests to: publicity@roostbooks.com. Roost Books, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, Inc. Distributed by Penguin Random House Neighborhood 3rd pass.indd 4 10/31/16 12:19 PM FOR MEDIA USE ONLY / NOT FOR SALE On-Sale Date: June 27, 2017 / Paperback / $24.95 US-$29.95 CAN ISBN: 9781611804553 / 240 pp / 8.5 x 11 This is an uncorrected proof. No part of this book may be reproduced without permission from the publisher.

All requests to: publicity@roostbooks.com. Roost Books, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, Inc. Distributed by Penguin Random House For Ross, Scout, Dash, and Huck for being the people I like to feed the most xx Neighborhood 3rd pass.indd 5 10/31/16 12:19 PM FOR MEDIA USE ONLY / NOT FOR SALE On-Sale Date: June 27, 2017 / Paperback / $24.95 US-$29.95 CAN ISBN: 9781611804553 / 240 pp / 8.5 x 11 This is an uncorrected proof. No part of this book may be reproduced without permission from the publisher. All requests to: publicity@roostbooks.com. Roost Books, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, Inc.

Distributed by Penguin Random House Neighborhood 3rd pass.indd 6 10/31/16 12:19 PM C O N T E N T SI N T RO D U C T IO NM A K I N G F R I E N D S W I T H S A L A D 9 A L L T H E WO R L D ' S N E I G H B O R H O O D 1 1 T H E N E I G H B O R H O O D 1 3 W E E K N I G H T S A L A D S 2 4 F O U R WAYS TO U S E L E F TOV E R S A L A D 2 6 C O O K S N OT E S 3 1 3 4 D E A R A M E R I C A 6 2 S O F R E N C H I E 8 6 I N TO T H E M E D I T E R R A N E A N 10 8 E A S T, M E E T W E S T 14 0 TO A S I A , W I T H L OV E 16 2 T H I S I S AU S T R A L I A 18 8 J U S T B R I N G D E S S E R TAC K N OW L E D G M E N T S 2 3 0I N D E X 2 3 3 Neighborhood 3rd pass.indd 7 10/31/16 12:19 PM Neighborhood 3rd pass.indd 8 10/31/16 12:19 PM I N T RO D U C T I O N M A K I N G F R I E N D S W I T H S A L A D My unconventional journey in salad-making began in 2011, when I established a community kitchen in my inner city home in Sydney, Australia. Twice every week, I would cook healthy and hearty plant-based salad boxes, stack them into my bicycle basket, and deliver them to locals. I called my adventure Arthur Street Kitchen. What started as a simple desire to share my favorite vegetable-laden salads with my local community yielded unexpected results. As I traversed the laneways and climbed the hills of my neighborhood Surry Hills, I witnessed a movement that centered upon so much more than food. In the hunting and gathering of stories and histories with local salad-eaters, I saw the importance of food in allowing people to feel connected with others.

Because of that, my neighborhood, and the people within it, have become a very big influence on the way I cook and my approach to food. In my time as a cook, sharing food has become a vehicle for establishing new friendships and building meaningful connections in my neighborhood. It is humbling to realize that even among the hustle of our modern lives, simple acts like cooking for others, eating together, and sharing food are sentiments that still resonate strongly. In late 2014, my husband and I packed up our three children, bid adieu to our beloved neighborhood of Surry Hills, and headed north. We landed in France and ate our way through the local Provenal markets. We introduced our children to the sights, sounds, and tastes of Italy, Germany, Finland, and our old hometown of London.

Finally, we ended our trip in Brooklyn, New York, where the next chapter of our lives and Arthur Street Kitchen began. REINVENTING VEGETABLES Salads allow me to express my love for my other great passionvegetables. At the heart of every one of my salads is a core seasonal vegetablefrom there, the dish can venture virtually anywhere! Add a grain for heartiness, inject some herbs for freshness, incorporate some spice for intrigue, and finish with a nut for crunch. The possibilities are endless. N E IG H B OR HOOD9 Neighborhood 3rd pass.indd 9 10/31/16 12:19 PM Neighborhood 3rd pass.indd 10 10/31/16 12:19 PM In t ro d u ct i o n Having been vegetarian for over half my life, my belief in a plant-based diet as the ideal way to eat is unerring. But this book does not make statements about vegetarianism.

Rather, it is my aim to encourage home cooks to think more creatively about vegetables, understand their versatility, and cook them with more confidence and flair. In my view, when given the right treatment and thought, there is nothing more delicious or satisfying than a flavor-packed, vegetable-based salad. Neighborhood will show home cooks that you dont have to be a vegetarian to enjoy vegetables, and you dont have to be a chef to be a good cook.