In 2014, I was asked to cook for a "Dinner with Craig Childs", a local writer and adventurer. The idea was a simple dinner or buffet in which diners could question and converse with the author. After reading a few chapters of various works and being drawn into them in a powerful way (see links to books at the end of this post), I decided that I needed to illustrate the stories with food. And so, the "Small Plates Dialogues" was born from the authors book "The Animal Dialogues"
As a side benefit, it seemed this would prevent any awkward moments from a lack of questions or participation. Each course would easily introduce a topic for discussion. Here is a gallery of samplings from the 2 dinners we did in 2014 & 2015.
Below each image is the authors text that inspired the course. Click on the magnifying glass of an image for a brief description of the course.
Some of the courses were plays on "camping food" because Craig and JT did so much trekking, they were SURE to have carried some of those items around!