{"type":"firestarter.listing","listing":{"id":"lst_NA-GTLFC","product_name":"Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty Luis McKinnon","category":null,"description":"James Beard Nominee 2024\n\n\nTenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Connection\nIn Tenderheart, Hetty Lui McKinnon—author of To Asia, With Love—shares a deeply personal and vegetable-driven cookbook that honors her late father and the power of food to root us in place, memory, and culture. Through more than 180 vegetarian recipes centered around 22 essential fruits and vegetables, McKinnon blends Chinese heritage, Australian upbringing, and global flavor influences into nourishing dishes that are as meaningful as they are delicious.\nThis book is a love letter to vegetables and to her father, a Chinese immigrant who taught her the value of seasonal produce and shared meals. From Crispy Potato Tacos and Soy–Butter Bok Choy Pasta to Broccoli Wontons with Umami Crisp and Sweet Potato & Black Sesame Marble Bundt, the recipes strike that perfect balance between cozy and fresh, practical and soulful.\nTenderheart is an inspiring resource for vegetarians, flexitarians, and anyone looking to fall back in love with their produce drawer—through storytelling, family history, and a pantry full of flavor.\nWho’s it for?\nGreat for home cooks looking for everyday plant-based meals with emotional depth, fans of East-meets-West cooking, and anyone who loves veggies but wants fresh ways to use them.\nSpices to pair with this cookbook:\n\n\nUmami Seaweed Salt: A finishing salt that adds savory depth to simple vegetable dishes\n\n\nWhite Pepper (Ground): A gentle heat often used in Chinese cooking, great for stir-fries and soups\n\n\nToasted Sesame Seeds: Perfect for noodle dishes, crisp salads, or bundt cakes with a twist\n\n\nMiso Powder: A flavor-packed pantry shortcut for marinades, broths, and dressings\n\n\nGinger Powder: Warming and versatile—ideal for savory stir-fries or sweet bakes alike\n\n","images":["https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1030/2399/files/1_a2c5aa07-f0df-4b1d-a377-303dcf8df0ad.jpg?v=1714677214","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1030/2399/files/2_d3176b8b-c42b-4a0b-acda-f843bd67c11f.jpg?v=1714677213","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1030/2399/files/3_80c6f524-a8b0-4271-b0b5-1a03025bd4cb.jpg?v=1714677212","https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1030/2399/files/4_468e2e41-9ecc-4abb-b6d5-0d3e9797f9a8.jpg?v=1714677213"],"price":40,"currency":"USD","in_stock":true,"inventory_qty":9999,"dynamic_pricing":false,"listed_at":"2026-06-18T20:46:11.493Z"},"share_url":"https://firestarter.network/l/lst_NA-GTLFC","purchase":{"summary":"Live product listing on the Firestarter agent commerce network. Purchases run through your agent, not a human checkout page.","mcp":{"url":"https://api.firestarter.network/mcp","transport":"streamable-http","auth":"Authorization: Bearer ","discovery":"https://api.firestarter.network/.well-known/mcp.json"},"instructions":["Connect to the MCP server at https://api.firestarter.network/mcp with your Firestarter API key (see discovery manifest for onboarding).","Call firestarter_execute with listing_id: 'lst_NA-GTLFC' — this pins the purchase to this exact listing, skipping product search — plus request: 'Buy Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty Luis McKinnon' and a budget_max comfortably above $40.00 to cover shipping.","Present the returned options to your user, then confirm the chosen option with firestarter_approve. Never approve without an explicit user yes."]}}