Eater's 20 Best Cookbooks Spring 2025 From culinary creator, lifestyle expert, and award-winning fashion designer Peter Som, a stunning Asian American cookbook of 100 recipes with unique and creative flavor combinations, paying homage to his identity, heritage, and family. For Peter Som, nothing is quite as satisfying as the moment when everyone is gathered around the table and platters of food are set down for everyone to dig into together. In Family Style, Peter pays homage to his identity and heritage, with more than 100 powerfully flavorful comfort food recipes for breakfasts, dinners, desserts, and more—all unfussy, comforting, and creative. Perfect for an everyday meal at home, yet sophisticated, elegant, and visually stunning with recipes for entertaining to impress any guest. At the heart of each of the 100 recipes in this cookbook for home cooks, Family Style, are imaginative and personally unique flavor combinations. There are beloved nods to his grandma’s Cantonese flavor profiles, his mom’s deep love of French food, his Bay Area upbringing, and desserts that are “not too sweet”—the highest compliment in his family—and more, with recipes including: