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My Favorite Asian Cooking Tools for Everyday Home Cooking
This collection of Asian cooking tools is ideal for all making your favorite Asian inspired meals as well as everyday recipes.
2025 Holiday Gift Guide: Laura’s Favorites Edition
Once Thanksgiving is behind us, the season of excess officially arrives. When it comes to buying presents for my family and friends, I like to take a step back from all the tempting Black Friday deals to ask myself what gift would they appreciate and use. Especially now, in the era
My Favorite Asian Cooking Tools for Everyday Home Cooking
This collection of Asian cooking tools is ideal for all making your favorite Asian inspired meals as well as everyday recipes.
Favorite Recipes
Asian Spice Bar Snack
A staple for entertaining around here, this Asian Spice Bar Snack is a flavorful mix of nuts, nibbles and Chinese five spice, that delivers a delicious crunch. Melt butter, then mix soy sauce, sugar, Chinese five spice, salt and cayene in a bowl. Add sesame sticks, wasabi pias, almonds and
Vanilla Pound Cake
This is our go-to cake for an easy weeknight dessert, or something to take to a friend’s house on the weekend. Its been in my baking rotation since my single days, and even took it on a cross-country plane trip from Miami to LA to visit my boyfriend (now husband)
About Laura
Hi it’s Laura from the Family Eats kitchen, where I happily bump elbows with 5 more home chefs. I launched Family Eats in 2008 as a way to share my experiences and challenges of feeding a family of six. Since then, we’ve been providing our readers with the inspiration to “Reconnect with the food we eat and the family we love.” Join us on the Journey.