Hetty Lui McKinnon is a Chinese Australian cook and food writer. A James Beard Foundation finalist, she is the author of Tenderheart: A Book About Vegetables and Ubreakable Family Bonds, the much-loved To Asia, With Love, the award-winning Family: New Vegetarian Comfort Food to Nourish Every Day, Neighbourhood: Hearty Salads and Plant-Based Recipes from Home and Abroad, and Community: Salad Recipes from Arthur Street Kitchen. Hetty is also the editor and publisher of multicultural food journal Peddler and the host of the magazine's podcast The House Specials. She is a regular recipe contributor to The New York Times, Bon Appetit, Epicurious.com, and ABC Everyday; and her recipes have appeared in Food52, The Guardian, The Washington Post and more. Born and raised in Sydney, she now resides in Brooklyn, New York.
