"The table literally and figuratively opened her home up to a community she was trying to create. When you eat around a round table, everyone can see each other's faces. Everyone can speak equally, McKinnon says. It created this incredibly warm environment. It became the centrepiece of her quaint Brooklyn apartment. Over the course of a year, she hosted monthly lunches for Linger, her latest cookbook."
"The decision to write Linger through the immediacy of the lunches helped McKinnon realise that hosting is not a performance. Nor is it a story about a perfect host, perfect house, perfect life. Rather, it's about coming together and simply taking time out of your day for yourself to have lunch. It's more important to eat with a person than it is to have this perfectly laid out table, she says."
Hetty Lui McKinnon wanted a round table after moving to New York, and the table opened her home to a community and became the centrepiece of her Brooklyn apartment. She hosted monthly lunches focused on salads, bites and sweet treats, using the gatherings to test recipes in real time. Previously she staged complicated, stressful dinner parties with elaborate shopping and table settings. While developing the cookbook Linger she realized hosting is not a performance or about perfection but about coming together and taking time to have lunch. Hosting can be simple—a sandwich or a glass of wine—and relieve pressure to impress.
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