La Tiendita Dinner Series

305 West Louisiana Street,McKinney TX 75069

22 October, 2022

Description

The fastest way to make a friend is to break bread with them. The fastest way to unite a community is through a common cause. The La Tiendita Dinner Series will do both! This will be a multi-course wine pairing dinner featuring Wagyu Brisket and Chicken from Hamm's Meat + Market. To raise funds to support www.joinATLAST.com and La Tiendita, The Jelly Queens will be hosting a series of dinners featuring chef friends from the World Food Championships (WFC). Our second dinner will be highlighting the current World Soup Champion, Lori McLain. McLain has competed in all 9 years of WFC and has placed in the top ten for multiple categories. She has also declared winner of the Fisher Nuts Recipe Contest by Alex Guarnescelli, competed in the Food Network's Supermarket Stakeout and won the American Eagle Harley Davidson Chili Competition As this is a very unique and special fundraising event, tickets will be limited to 16 total guests. La Tiendita Wine Pairing Dinner tickets will be sold for $100 each. The dinner will be held Oct 22, 2022 at 7pm. Located at The Jelly Queens, 305 West Louisiana Street, McKinney, Texas. Menu: Hor d'oeuvres - Charcuterie Amor Y Queso, Chef Sarah Carlock Amuse-bouche - Deviled Quail Eggs with Bacon Jam and Assorted Handmade Pickles The Jelly Queen Soup - Smoked Sausage, Honey Roasted Corn and Potato Chowder with Corn Fritter Chef Lori McLain Appetizer - Roasted Gorgonzola Stuffed Pears with Spicy Honey and Handmade Pecan Crackers The Jelly Queen Palate Cleanser - Caramel Apple Cider in Granny Smith Apple Cup Chef Lori McLain Entrée - Grilled Brisket Biscuit or Chicken Biscuit with 6 Pepper Glaze Hamm's Meat +Market and The Jelly Queen Dessert - Granny's Banana Pudding with Toasted Marshmallow Chef Cameron Spencer Mignardise - Chocolate with a sip of Larceny The story of La Tiendita, The Little Store. Imagine a little store at the fork in the road of a Texas town with a vision to embody the ideals above, while inspiring entrepreneurship and leadership in area high school students. La Tiendita, "The Little Store", is the brainchild and heartbeat of Mckinney's favorite community volunteer, Jason Hernandez. Jason is determined to create a wave of goodness for McKinney - and La Tiendita is just the beginning. La Tiendita will provide fresh fruits, vegetables, and a host of healthy products to McKinney's only food desert. In addition, this little oasis will give children a safe place to play, a fun place to learn, the opportunity to run their own lemonade stand and allow them to create and tend to a children's garden. The healthy products will be produced by high school students participating in the ATLAST www.joinatlast.com program (through paid internships). They will learn how to grow and create farm to table products in a preservatory which is being created in conjunction with The Jelly Queens. Their training will include preserving, labeling, marketing, legal requirements, and they will finish their internship with how to operate and manage a small business and nonprofit, all while feeding their community.