This is the most thoughtful gift my partner and I have ever received. The book is beautiful and of great quality, but most of all, it made us feel so appreciated by everyone who sent a recipe. The Small Plates team was amazing, thank you!
A publishing house for the table
A cookbook written by your people.
Ask the people you love for the dish they’re known for, and the story behind it. We publish the book.
Nothing to pay until it goes to press.
Recipes from the people who love
Bárbara
Albert
“When we opened the book, I cried.”
“I cried while putting everyone's recipes in.”
“One of the most meaningful things we've done since our wedding.”
A note from the house
We believe the best stories are already sitting around your table.
Small Plates is a publishing house for the stories, recipes and traditions that live around it. We ask your people what they cook, what they remember, and what they want you to keep. Then we turn it into a book.
The editions
One book, three editions.
For a wedding, for any other occasion, or for a club. Each edition has its own cover.
How it works
How a book gets made.
Your people write it. We edit, design and print it.
01
You invite.
Share a link, an email, or a QR code. Whatever reaches your people. The ask for a recipe comes built in.
02
They send their dish.
The recipe, or just the dish and a note. Typed out or snapped on a phone. Five minutes, no app, no account.
03
We publish it.
We edit every recipe, make an image of every dish, and print it: a hardcover for the counter, or one framed piece for the wall. Nothing to pay until it goes to press.
Book or tile, designed by us
We make the photo of every dish & design everything else.
What Patricia sent
three milk cake
2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour, 6 eggs, 3 tsp baking powder. 1 can condensed, 1 can evaporated, 1 nestle cream
beat the whites till stiff then the yolks one by one. poke holes when they cool and pour the milk over. let it sit overnight
i always double the milk btw
no photo, no formatting
Recipes from the people who love
Mom
The book
The Cookbook.
- Format
- Hardcover, 8 × 10 in. Full color, matte.
- Recipes
- Each signed, each with an image of the dish.
- Shipping
- Complimentary, United States and Mexico.
$199
Copies for everyone in the book, from $99 each. Nothing to pay until it goes to press.
People who got one
What happens after it arrives.
When we opened the book I cried so much haha… The people we love most giving us a little piece of themselves, of their kitchens, of their stories. What an enormous privilege!! For us this book isn't just recipes, it's having everyone with us in this new chapter, in the most beautiful, everyday way there is.
We did this as an anniversary gift and it was one of the most meaningful things we've done since our wedding. Small Plates and Company gives your family and friends a chance to bring their favorite recipes into your home and you get the meals that matter to the people you love. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a thoughtful gift they'll use all the time.
“Recipe's done! 🥰 What a lovely gift!!!” “Mine's in! I loved this gift!” “Done! What an incredible gift” “Done! ❤️”
AMAZING GIFT!
“It's divine! They're going to love it” “It's incredible!!! Thank you” “No woooow it's incredible!!! 😍” “Thank you for organizing this 🙏”
I loved it! and I'd definitely do this for other people too. It feels like such a thoughtful, meaningful gift.
I loved it. It's so easy to create the recipes, and the final result is incredible.
The Private Collection
For the tables with the longest stories.
A photographer in the kitchen, the two of us at the table, a book bound in Italy.
Discover the collection
Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken Orzo
Becky's Famous Shrimp
Kitchen Tiles
The same people, on the wall.
Each person’s dish, drawn as a print and signed by them. Framed as one piece for your kitchen.
For 1 to 6 people. One copy per kitchen.
Ten years from now, someone opens it on a random Tuesday.
They see a name, and make that person’s dish for dinner.
Stories live around the table.
Which one is right for me?
Two to six of you and it goes on a wall: the kitchen tiles. Eight or more and it goes on the counter: the cookbook. If the book is for someone else it's the Gift Edition, and if it's for yourselves it's a Cookbook Club.
Do I need to upload a photo of the finished dish?
No. Just the recipe, or just the dish. We make every image, and that's what makes the whole thing look like one piece.
What if some people don't cook?
Even better. They can send a takeout order they'd die for. A sandwich they get every time. It's not about being a chef, it's about being in there.
When do I pay?
When it goes to press, not before. Nothing is charged while your people write it.
How long does it take?
Everyone needs about 5 minutes to send their dish. From the first invite to the box at your door, 4 to 6 weeks.