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Cyndi Fecher's avatar

I also noticed a copycat version of your dumpling and tomato salad in a major publication and thought WHY would we ever attempt to improve upon perfection (and not give credit where credit is due)?! Thanks for a salad we return to again and again, and thanks for being you. <3

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

Thank you Cyndi. Yes that was a bit upsetting but also doesn’t make sense to copy a recipe that is already so well loved. So happy you’re enjoying the OG!

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Annada D. Rathi's avatar

Hi Hetty, this salad sounds superb. India does a lot of cooked salads or dry vegetable side dishes aka poriyals, sundals. Most of these are lightly stir-fried to retain crunch & seasoned with minimal spices & interesting toppings like grated, fresh coconut.

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

DELICIOUS. I love this

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maya's avatar

I have a free subscription to that major publication, and when I got the latest issue and saw the recipe you may be referring to I pointed out to my partner its resemblance to your tomato dumpling salad 😉

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

Ooh I’m glad you noticed. It was sent to me by a colleague and it was quite shocking to see a major publication so brazenly lift a recipe concept from another major publication (and me!). I understand the idea is “out there” so take the idea and make it your own rather than just copying it. It’s very lazy!

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Sophia Real | Real Simple Food's avatar

Love the sound of this and I am all for pushing the boundaries of what constitutes a salad (much to the chagrin of my husband who is often confused by what I consider a salad!)

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

Everything is better as a salad 😂

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Sophia Real | Real Simple Food's avatar

So true! Which also makes me wonder what the boundaries of a salad are - clearly it’s not temperature, ingredients or even whether there is a separate dressing. Maybe anything served with tongs is a salad?! 😂

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Grace's avatar

Very excited for the new cookbook! Your Sesame Avocado Kale Salad and Soy Pickled Tomato Silken Tofu Salad are both on regular rotation in our house

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

Yay love to hear it!! I think you’ll enjoy Linger just as much

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jess's avatar

blur the lines and somehow get this dreamy dish on my plate!!!

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

Absolutely!! I hope you enjoy

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Bryan Rucker's avatar

I’m always amazed at the flavor combinations you think of. This looks fantastic!

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

Hope you enjoy!

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Jo the Smalltown Bookseller's avatar

Delicious! Many of my favourite flavours in that cauli tofu salad! Looking forward to Linger, Hetty, both personally and from a bookseller perspective - your books are always fast movers!

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

Thanks so much for your support! I hope everyone loves LINGER 🥰

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Jo the Smalltown Bookseller's avatar

Extremely confident we all will!

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Ariel's avatar

Please come to my house and shake my husband for not liking cilantro. Thank you!!! Also, this looks great. ❤️❤️

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

Haha it’s actually quite common! I hear anti cilantro sentiment a lot.

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Ariel's avatar

I knowwww but I had to marry him! Luckily he’s pretty wonderful. But the cilantro issue is pretty sad.

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

Hahahaha I’m glad he makes up for it in other ways LOL we will forgive his cilantro transgression

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