A Fundraiser for YES (Youth Empowerment Summit)

Featuring Guest Chef and Drag Icon Juanita MORE!

Kitchit is thrilled to host a Pride Month Kickoff Party with the one and only Juanita MORE! Along with supporting YES this event launches Juanita MORE!’s featured menu on Kitchit Tonight. This year Miss MORE! has chosen to raise funds for the Youth Empowerment Summit (YES). To support her endeavor, Kitchit will be donating all profits from Juanita’s menu to this admirable cause.

As with any event produced by Miss MORE! expect a night of marvelous surprises paired with exceptional food. This will be a night of wild wining, delicious dining, and spellbinding socializing with Ms. MORE! and guests.

All proceeds go to YES (Youth Empowerment Summit), an annual conference for LGBTQ and ally youth activists who are dedicated to racial, economic, and educational justice for trans and queer youth.

Menu:

About Juanita’s featured menu:

“The menu that I have shared with Kitchit reflects a lot about my love of food. I was that little kid that stood on a chair next to the stove as my parents cooked and was always an avid family recipe collector.

My father cooked briefly before he married my mom and taught me the importance of patience when preparing food. He loved a braise or slow roasting over a grill. My mom on the other hand, had four older sisters to cook for her - so her kitchen skills were relegated to dishwashing and tortilla making.

As a teenager I joined my cousins on my mom’s side, who were Northern California farm workers, to pick cucumbers. I wanted to understand what farm work was like. It was a long and exhausting day spent bent over in the mud. One that made me appreciate where food comes and how it gets to the table. I walked away with so much respect for the hard work my family did and about $5 in my pocket.

This special menu starts with a fresh and simple garden salad representing my families farm work. The slow roasted pork showcases my deep appreciation for my fathers’ patience in the kitchen. To end the meal the galette represents the fruit trees in my grandmothers East Bay garden. Showcasing them at their peak in the most simplest of ways.

I consider myself a great home cook who reads cookbooks, likes novels and dissects menus regularly.

Love, Juanita”

About Kitchit:At Kitchit, we believe eating with others enriches our lives and deepens our connections to our community. We are passionate about food’s ability to connect people and have pioneered a powerful way to elevate the experience well beyond a traditional restaurant by providing exquisite culinary experiences in the comfort of a customer's home. Learn more here: (https://www.kitchit.com/)

About Juanita MORE!:

Fashion, food, philanthropy, and furious beats: it’s all in a day’s work for San Francisco icon Juanita MORE! A celebrated drag performer, fashion muse, fundraiser, and gourmand, Juanita has been a force of creativity in her hometown and beyond for over two decades. Learn more here: (http://www.juanitamore.com/).