We believe

But they do. Not in some dramatic way. They just drift. You stop texting back, the group chat goes quiet, a year turns into three. The people who were everything slowly become people you used to know.

The big days are never the problem. Everyone shows up for those: the wedding, the birthday, the anniversary. A whole room, all there for you. Then it ends, and everyone scatters back into their own lives.

That's why we created Small Plates & Co. We think food is how people really stay close. It's how we say I love you without saying it. How we say I'm sorry. How we say I miss you.

So we make a cookbook written by the people who showed up: their recipes, their notes, their handwriting. You open it on a Tuesday, and they're back in the kitchen with you. The day ends. The people stay.