At the Family Table With Hetty McKinnon

The Australian cook and author dishes on the importance of the family meal—and shares tips for busy weeknights

For Hetty McKinnon and her family, meal times are a chance to reconnect and strengthen family ties. Luisa Brimble

In Hetty McKinnon’s house, family meals are sacred.

The Australia-born, now Brooklyn-based cook and food writer is plenty busy: Her many hats include founder of salad-delivery business Arthur Street Kitchen back home in Surry Hills, Sydney; creator and publisher of Peddler Journal, a biannual multicultural food magazine; co-owner of Neighborhood Studio, a community kitchen space in Brooklyn; and beloved cookbook author, with her third and latest book, “Family,” released in the United States this April.