“We weren’t forcing anyone to have anything they didn’t want, but I think about 75% of the diners partook in cannabis that evening.” “We made sure to keep our dosing of any cannabis involved in very low quantities” explains Clay. Guests were also treated to a variety of talks on the benefits of cannabis for people living with Parkinson’s. The courses included a kombu-citrus cured scallop sashimi, pine ice cream and chocolate honeycomb with lavender and blueberry terpene pâte de fruit. The dinner began with a citrusy first course, before turning to earthy and piney flavours and finishing off fruity and floral. The evening’s menu incorporated terpenes – the aroma compounds found in cannabis and other plants – which Clay believes are able to slow down the degradation of Parkinson’s neurons. The dinner – which took place on 26 August at event space Invisible City, Denver, US – raised over $3,000 for the Parkinson’s Association of the Rockies. “We would get together, and smoke weed after our shifts – that was how we became friends” says John.Īfter realising that their respective fathers had both been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Clay and John – who have over 20 years of experience in the food and beverage industry between them – decided to host a pop-up dinner in aid of the condition. “I’ve always been an avid cannabis enthusiast and then a couple of years ago, when my dad was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, I turned my knowledge towards his needs and how it might help him.”Ĭlay Inscoe recounts his motivation for co-hosting ‘A Highbrow Dinner’, the eight-course cannabis dinner he held with his wife Lucy and friend John Harry.Ĭlay and John met in 2011 working at a restaurant called Five & Ten in Georgia, US, and soon found they had more in common than just work.
We talk to the culinary-obsessed duo about ‘A Highbrow Dinner’ – an eight-course cannabis meal they held in aid of the condition – and why they believe Parkinson’s community should embrace the drug for medicinal purposes When US-based chefs and cannabis enthusiasts Clay Inscoe and John Harry realised that both of their fathers were living with Parkinson’s, they decided to combine their passions and do something about it. Interviews Author: Simge Eva Dogan Published: 25 October 2018 Prep: Cook: Serves:
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