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Hetty Lui McKinnon, author portrait
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Hetty Lui McKinnon

HETTY LUI McKINNON is a Chinese Australian cook and food writer. She is the author of five bestselling cookbooks, including her genre-defining Community; Neighborhood; Family; To Asia,With Love; and, most recently, Tenderheart, which won a James Beard Award and an IACP Award in 2024. Hetty is a regular contributor to New York Times Cooking and ABC Lifestyle and writes the popular weekly newsletter To Vegetables, With Love. Born and raised in Sydney, she now resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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Tue Oct 07 | 06:00 PM
Books Are Magic @Brooklyn Heights Library
286 Cadman Plaza W
Brooklyn, NY 
Google Map

Thu Oct 09 | 06:00 PM
Read It & Eat @Mojo Market
3030 Delaware Ave
Buffalo, NY 14217
Google Map

Sat Oct 11 | 11:00 AM
Union Square Greenmarket with Kitchen Arts & Letters
1 Union Square
New York, NY 10003
Google Map

Mon Oct 13
FIRST LIGHT BOOKS with Allday Pizza
AUSTIN, TX 
Google Map

Wed Oct 15 | 06:30 PM
LARDER BOOKS & CO LLC DNA: BOOK LARDER
4252 FREMONT AVE N
SEATTLE, WA 98103-7596
Google Map

Thu Oct 16
VIVIENNE CULINARY BOOKS
2724 NE ALBERTA ST
PORTLAND, OR 97211-6349
Google Map

Sat Oct 18 | 12:00 PM
FAT + FLOUR
11739 W Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90066
Google Map

Sun Oct 19 | 12:00 PM
FLOUR AND WATER
2401 HARRISON ST
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110-2710
Google Map

Mon Oct 20 | 06:30 PM
OMNIVORE BOOKS
3885A CESAR CHAVEZ ST
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131-2013
Google Map

Wed Oct 22
BIG NIGHT COOKBOOK CLUB
154 FRANKLIN ST
BROOKLYN, NY 11222-2185
Google Map

Tue Oct 28 | 06:00 PM
Harvard Bookstore @Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 
Google Map

Wed Oct 29
BOLD FORK BOOKS
3064 MOUNT PLEASANT ST NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20009-4217
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The James Beard Foundation Announces 2024 Media Award Winners

On Sunday, June 8th, the 2024 James Beard Foundation Media Award Winners were announced. As a delightful (and delicious) surprise, five Penguin Random House titles were honored in the Book Awards category, which recognizes cookbooks and other non-fiction food or beverage-related books that were published in the U.S. in 2023. Among the thirteen categories, Penguin

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