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Monthly Subscription
Discover world cuisine and hands-on cooking skills with our monthly international subscription box for family nights, date nights, dinner parties, and foodies.
Monthly Cooking Subscription - Family Edition
1. Choose your box type
Family Edition
For family fun and educational adventures
Turn mealtime into a fun, hands-on learning experience as you learn about a different country every month. Cook, bond, and explore new countries while discovering global flavors, geography, history, art, and culture through food. Perfect for curious kids or homeschool families. See what’s inside the Family Kit.
Adult Edition
For date nights and gatherings with friends
A monthly cooking subscription box for adults designed for date nights, dinner parties, and adventurous eaters. Each box includes globally inspired recipe, authentic spice blends, fun cooking tool and curated drink pairings, so you can cook, explore, and connect at home. See what’s inside the Adult Kit.
2. Choose your payment method
3. Dietary Restrictions?
If you prefer to skip the shelf stable ingredients in these recipes due to dietary concerns, choose no mixes. Many of our kits have options for people who prefer gluten free or vegetarian dishes.
If you prefer to skip the shelf stable ingredients in these recipes due to dietary concerns, choose no mixes. Many of our kits have options for people who prefer gluten free or vegetarian dishes.
Free Shipping
Shipping is free for all country boxes, subscriptions and bundles in the Continental U.S. (AK and HI have an additional cost to ship).
What’s Inside Each Family Box?
Each delivery arrives with globally inspired recipes, authentic spice blends, and cultural content to explore a new country every month.
3 Authentic Japanese Step-by-Step Recipes
(4 servings each)
5-7 Shelf Stable Ingredients/Mixes
(pre-measured sauces and spice blends)
Shopping List
(for fresh ingredients)
1 Japan Flag Pin and 1 Sticker
16-Page Cultural Explorer Booklet
(explore Japan’s food traditions and geography, including music, movies & books)
Online Membership Portal Access
(including cooking videos, blogs, recipes)
1 Passport in your first box
Fun Cooking Tool
3 Authentic Japanese Step-by-Step Recipes
(4 servings each)
5-7 Shelf Stable Ingredients/Mixes
(pre-measured sauces and spice blends)
Shopping List
(for fresh ingredients)
1 Japan Flag Pin and 1 Sticker
16-Page Cultural Explorer Booklet
(explore Japan’s food traditions and geography, including music, movies & books)
Online Membership Portal Access
(including cooking videos, blogs, recipes)
1 Passport in your first box
Fun Cooking Tool
Drink Brochure - Subscription
Sip and savor the world! Each month, receive a drink pairing brochure featuring cocktails, mocktails, wine, and beer suggestions from the featured country box.
$5.00
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Spice/Sauce Mixes - Subscription
Cooking for a crowd? Get extra spice mixes each month to make our featured country recipes fit larger families and gatherings - 12 adults servings total per country.
$10.00
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Cooking Tools - Subscription
No need to take turns! Get an extra cooking tool each month so each young explorer can cook and create side by side.
$5.00
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Flag Pin & Sticker - Subscription
Double the fun! Add extra flag pins and stickers each month so each sibling can proudly mark their own world discoveries - $2 per country.
$2.00
Learn More
2026 Calendar
Here is the list of countries featured by month for each dietary option in 2026:
No restrictions
Jan
Morocco
Feb
South Korea
Mar
Jamaica
Apr
Spain
May
Ethiopia
Jun
Italy
Jul
India
Aug
Mexico
Sep
Kenya
Oct
Thailand
Nov
Australia
Dec
Greece
Gluten free
Jan
India
Feb
France
Mar
Spain
Apr
Ukraine
May
Mexico
Jun
Ireland
Jul
Kenya
Aug
Brazil
Sep
UK
Oct
Lebanon
Nov
Australia
Dec
Greece
Vegetarian
Feb
Ethiopia
Mar
Sweden
Mar
South Korea
May
France
May
Israel
Jun
India
Jul
Jamaica
Aug
Spain
Sep
Ukraine
Oct
Mexico
Nov
Australia
Dec
Kenya
2027 Calendar
Here is the list of countries featured by month for each dietary option in 2027:
No Restrictions
Jan
Brazil
Feb
China
Mar
Lebanon
Apr
Ireland
May
France
Jun
Israel
Jul
Japan
Aug
UK
Sep
Peru
Oct
Ukraine
Nov
Singapore
Dec
Sweden
Gluten-Free
Jan
Italy
Feb
Ethiopia
Mar
Sweden
Apr
India
May
France
Jun
Spain
Jul
Ukraine
Aug
Mexico
Sep
Ireland
Oct
Kenya
Nov
Brazil
Dec
UK
Vegetarian
Jan
Morocco
Feb
UK
Mar
Lebanon
Apr
Greece
May
Brazil
May
Italy
Jul
Ethiopia
Aug
Sweden
Sep
South Korea
Oct
France
Nov
Israel
Dec
India
Here is the list of countries featured by month for each dietary option in 2026:
No restrictions
Jan
Morocco
Feb
South Korea
Mar
Jamaica
Apr
Spain
May
Ethiopia
Jun
Italy
Jul
India
Aug
Mexico
Sep
Kenya
Oct
Thailand
Nov
Australia
Dec
Greece
Gluten free
Jan
India
Feb
France
Mar
Spain
Apr
Ukraine
May
Mexico
Jun
Ireland
Jul
Kenya
Aug
Brazil
Sep
UK
Oct
Lebanon
Nov
Australia
Dec
Greece
Vegetarian
Feb
Ethiopia
Mar
Sweden
Mar
South Korea
May
France
May
Israel
Jun
India
Jul
Jamaica
Aug
Spain
Sep
Ukraine
Oct
Mexico
Nov
Australia
Dec
Kenya
Recipe Details
To learn more about the recipes in each box, browse our Explore by Countries collection.
BROWSE COUNTRIES
FAQs
Many cooking subscription boxes focus on meal delivery with pre-portioned fresh ingredients that must be cooked immediately. eat2explore’s cooking subscription box for adults focuses on global cuisines and cultures. It includes shelf-stable spice blends, sauces, and recipe cards inspired by flavors from around the world. You shop for fresh ingredients locally, cook on your own schedule, and enjoy an experience that’s flexible, educational, and perfect for date nights or hosting friends.
1) Couples planning at-home date nights; 2) Hosts looking for a unique dinner party idea; 3) Foodies who enjoy global flavors; 4) Gift-givers looking for an experience-based present; 5) Adults with dietary preferences like gluten-free or vegetarian options
Some of our country boxes are suitable for gluten-free and vegetarian diets because the spice blends and sauce mixes included in those boxes are gluten-free and vegetarian. These boxes are specially identified as Gluten-Free or Vegetarian-Optional. Vegetarian-Optional means that while some recipes may traditionally include meat, we provide clear vegetarian and vegan cooking instructions along with easy ingredient swap suggestions.
No. For our monthly subscription, you’ll receive a new featured country box each month. Country selection is not available with the subscription.
Dried spice blends typically last over two years. Sauces are hot-filled and Cornell Food Tech approved, with a shelf life of over one year unopened. Fresh batches are produced monthly.
Overall rating: 4.3846636 / 5 from 1591 reviews.
AI Generated Review Summary
This monthly subscription offers a fun, hands-on learning experience for families, featuring recipes from different countries each month. Customers appreciate the variety of countries, the educational value, and the ease of meal preparation. However, some find the spices too strong for children, and opinions on ingredients vary.
Summary topics
- Recipes (21%): Many customers remarked that the recipes are great, easy to make, and have kids exploring the different recipes.
- Suitability for Kids (5%): In general, customers were excited about the product, but some found the spices too strong for children.
- Packaging (14%): Customers loved the box, with many expressing their love for it and considering it the best.
- Concept (5%): It was reported by customers that they love the idea of using the product to try out new recipes.
- Gift Value (5%): Customers expressed satisfaction with the gift, with many describing it as perfect, great, and wonderful.
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Review highlights
- "It has easy recipes to follow, nice presentation and fun little things for younger kids to do as well as older." —
- "All the Eat to Explore boxes come with high quality recipes, quality ingredients and top notch information." —
- "We love that the meals and literature fit in Perfectly with our World Government Independent Study Course." —
Reviews
Bought my husband a subscription - no regrets
"Bought him a subscription when it was just one type of box - so like the family one. We loved it! Now I see there’s a date night one for adults specifically and am very tempted to resubscribe for his next gift"
Still checking it out, but so far, so good.
"So far so good. We accidentally used the wrong seasoning packet on our first meal, lol, but it was a great learning experience. So far everything seems easy to follow. I may have more thoughts after a few more boxes."
The BEST Stay Home Date Night!
"We thoroughly enjoyed this Italy kit. It was thoughtfully put together and it makes for a really great few date nights! After doing our first one, we are both looking forward to cooking our next meal from our kitchen together!"
Explore France
"I provided this to my clients after their cruise to France. They all loved it, and really thought it was unique. They also said that the chicken came out just like the recipe and was so moist and tasty."
Best buy ever!
"We have gotten all the kits from each country and our family really enjoys them! They're educational, not only for the kids but for us adults as well. The recipes bring us together as we learn facts about different countries, cooking techniques, and trying new food."
Great Homeschooling Activity!
"It was such a great experience shopping for the ingredients together as a family and then coming home to cook it together! Such a great learning activity to add to homeschooling. My daughter is 4 and loved this whole experience! She got to learn about Greece too and then eat a dish we personally made. How fun is that!?"
Easy recipes to enjoy
"My 12y made Jamaican Curry. It came out delicious."
Excellent for homeschooling
"Kids love exploring the world with this subscription. They love cooking the recipes. Instructions are easy to follow, and dishes are delicious! The passport and the flag pins are very exciting for them!"
Deluxe explorer bundle
"We got the apron and the cookbook, which is awesome, but we didn't get the 2 country boxes."