About
Welcome to Family Eats®
Since 2008, we’ve been dedicated to bringing to life the healthy and life-nurturing elements that are based in food. Our goal is to support the family unit by instilling good eating habits, while building lifelong traditions through the process of planning, purchasing, preparing and partaking in food together. Through the Family Eats Four Pillars (Planning, Purchasing, Preparing and Partaking) our goal is to inspire families of all sizes to get back into the kitchen so that we are all “Reconnecting with the food we eat and the family we love!”
You can subscribe to the Family Eats Four Pillars Newsletter here.
About Laura
Thanks to my mother and grandmothers, I learned to enjoy cooking and baking at a young age, while living in the Midwest. Later in life, I honed my skills and love for all things in the kitchen while serving as editor of a trade magazine covering food, kitchenware and the specialty coffee industries. As editor, I was lucky enough travel the world visiting manufacturers to learn the story behind making foods from Parmesan cheese, Caribbean hot sauces, German chocolates and Brazilian Coffee, to French cookware, Italian cutlery, and English pottery. I grew to love learning about the place from where a food tradition comes, the story behind a product. Further culinary inspiration came from the countless lunches, cocktail hours and train rides chatting with people like with Jennifer Paterson of the Two Fat Ladies, Julia Child, Emeril, Wolfgang Puck, and even Prince Charles at his organic farm, Highgrove.
These days I continue to live the tradition of cooking and baking with my husband and our four children while living here in Northern California. I chronicle my successes and missteps in the kitchen on Family Eats, where I hope to inspire readers to “Reconnect with the food we eat and the family we love.”
For more information about my experience, professional accomplishments and affiliations., click here. You can send me an email at: Laura@FamilyEats.net
What are the Four Pillars?
Here at Family Eats we know it is hard to get a healthy meal on the table every day. We know about the challenges of living within a budget while trying to give the best to ourselves and our family. We know the importance of eating healthy foods. We know life can throw us curve balls, and blow any of our plans. We know how easy it is to grab some take-out, drive-through, or prepared meals for dinnertime. We know life can be exhausting, so we look for quick, convenient fixes to make our days go more smoothly. For more information, visit the Family Eats Four Pillars Page here. That’s why we created the Family Eats Four Pillars. It is a process that helped us overcome the challenges we had, and still have, when it comes to getting food on the table. Through better planning, better purchasing habits, focusing on the process of preparing our meals, and a making it a priority to all sit down together to partake in that meal, we have reduced the amount of stress we felt when it came to mealtime. We have found that by focusing on these steps – Planning, Purchasing, Preparing and Partaking - we have created a much more enjoyable relationship with mealtime – and the process is one that the entire family enjoys. For more insight on the Family Eats Four Pillars, click here.
Collaborate With Me
If you’re looking to further connect with Family Eats and the Four Pillars concept, I am open to collaborating in a variety of ways:
* Brand representation or long-term brand ambassadorships that are in line with the ideal of reconnecting with the food we eat and the family we love.
* Attending press events, conferences or travel related to food, kitchenware, coffee and tea industries – both consumer or trade.
* Speaking opportunities at an event.
* Giveaways or reviews of products that directly relate to the Family Eats content and lifestyle.
If you think that Family Eats may be a good fit, please contact Laura@FamilyEats.net for more information, or download the Family Eats Media Kit.