Mei Mei Dumplings

Thanks Cathy Erway for sharing our story in TASTE about The Next Generation of Frozen Dumplings! https://lnkd.in/eaCuawEB “People will eat anything if you put it in a dumpling,” says Irene Li, founder and co-owner of?Mei Mei Dumplings, a business that began as a food truck in Boston in 2012 and is now an educational dumpling classroom and café, with a retail line of frozen dumplings sold at 30 farmers’ markets and around 100 specialty stores across New England. Mei Mei also partners with Boston public schools to bring its dumplings to lunch programs, serving some 1.25 million dumplings a year. Mei Mei, which means “little sister” in Chinese, is named after Li, because she founded the company with her older siblings; today she co-owns it with partners Annie Campbell and Alyssa Lee."

We had so much fun making dumplings at Boston Children's Museum!

Happy Dumpling Week from NYT Cooking! We've got 5 new recipes for you this week, starting with my crispy kimchi dumplings. Directed and produced by Adam Centrella https://lnkd.in/eTJiQ6_4

Really proud to see Mei Mei Dumplings on the menu at Public Schools of Brookline for Lunar New Year! Many thanks to Sasha Palmer and many others in Brookline, Boston, and MA who always support us - Roger Grande, Dr. Raul Fernandez, Arielle Chernin, Brookline Farmers Market, Massachusetts Farm to School, Mellissa Honeywood, RDN and many more ?? Thanks so much for letting us feed you! #schoolnutrition #schoolfood #farmtoschool #meimeidumplings

Chef Irene Shiang Li was on GBH's?Boston Public Radio with?Chef Tracy Chang talking about Lunar New Year, including our love of cooking classes and our partnership with Boston Public Schools - they will be serving 30,000 of our dumplings to students to celebrate the holiday?? We have 3 ways to celebrate the Year of the Snake! ?? Join an upcoming Bottomless Dumplings all-you-can-eat buffet in Southie: https://lnkd.in/e4BSUJ_R Thursday Feb. 13th from 5-8pm Thursday, Feb. 27th from 5-8pm ?? Take a dumpling making class - just a few tickets are available for Feb but we also have classes in March! You can get in touch to book a private class for your friends & fam too: https://lnkd.in/esM6jbMy ?? Pick up our dumplings at local stores & winter farmers' markets - find one near you on the Dumpling Locator: https://lnkd.in/eDwt8rER And check out PAGU restaurant's LNY classes and special menu here: https://www.gopagu.com/

Look at all those beautiful dumplings! Thank you YETI and Rudy Mutter for joining us for a virtual dumpling class and big shoutout to our instructor Rachel Cortez ?? If you're wishing this was your team, reach out to us to book your corporate class - virtual or in-person! https://lnkd.in/esM6jbMy

On Tuesday, we packed up 30,000 of our Five Spice Tofu Mushroom Dumplings for Boston Public Schools' Lunar New Year menu ?????? local Chang Shing Tofu Inc, carrots, mushrooms, and more, made with love right here in Southie. This is a huge milestone for us - thank you to our production team and to our many partners and customers who have helped us scale over the last two years! Farm Fresh Rhode Island Massachusetts Farm to School Annie Colcord Campbell Alyssa Lee Irene Shiang Li #schoolfood #localfood #smallbusiness #massfarmtoschool #lunarnewyear

On Tuesday, we packed up 30,000 of our Five Spice Tofu Mushroom Dumplings for Boston Public Schools' Lunar New Year menu ?????? local Chang Shing Tofu Inc, carrots, mushrooms, and more, made with love right here in Southie. This is a huge milestone for us - thank you to our production team and to our many partners and customers who have helped us scale over the last two years! Farm Fresh Rhode Island Massachusetts Farm to School Annie Colcord Campbell Alyssa Lee Irene Shiang Li #schoolfood #localfood #smallbusiness #massfarmtoschool #lunarnewyear

Save the date for our #BIPOC Holiday Market at the Dumpling Factory in Southie! On December 7 and 8, our doors will be open from 12pm-6pm with our brand new menu and some of our favorite local products and makers, including Hillside Harvest A Jar of Pickles Ichigo Sweets, and more! Get your holiday shopping done and support our BIPOC maker and food business community. RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/e-GieRc7

We need your help to support the Campaign for the Healthy Incentive Program! As a business that relies on farmers and fights for food security, Mei Mei is part of this fight ????? ? The MA DTA (Department of Transitional Assistance) announced in October 2024 that, as of December 1st, 2024, HIP (Healthy Incentive Program) benefits will be cut from a cap of $80/month, depending on household size, to $20/month for all households. ? ? This is the result of HIP having received only $15 million in the state’s fiscal year 2025 budget, despite estimates that the program needed $25 million to be fully funded for the whole year.? ? The Campaign for HIP Funding is asking the Governor and legislature to dedicate an additional $10 million to HIP (line item 4400-1004) in a future fiscal year 2025 supplemental budget to avoid this programmatic change. Join us to ask our legislators to fully fund this critical piece of our food system. ? ? Thank you to the many farmers markets, community organizations, and governmental offices leading this charge, especially?Massachusetts Food System Collaborative, and The Food Project, whose board?Irene Shiang Li sits on. Please visit https://lnkd.in/ewYzczMB and swipe for more info on HIP and how it works!? ? #foodsecurity?#mafoodsystemscollaborative?#thefoodproject?#healthyincentiveprogram