Author Archives: EMAY

Hot Mix 9/26-10/14

The Freddy Ham & Cheese Okonomiyaki “French Dip” Banh Mi with Pho Jus Salt Beef Beigal Trinidadian Doubles
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Hot Mix at “Ground Floor” Opening 9/23

Install shot in the Hyde Park Art Center
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Announcing Piranha Club #5: A Pigeon Dinner

October 29th, 7 PM Piranha Club meets Pleasanthouse  uptown to bring you pigeon pies! at Roots & Culture. 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. $30 includes wine, a personal Royal Pie, vegetable side, and dessert  made from heirloom recipes and local ingredients. Vegetarians fear not- we’ve got some foraged pigeon-of-the-woods mushrooms to stuff in your pie! SOLD OUT […]
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9/14: E-Dogz @ Afterimage

A Real Mutha For Ya!
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Announcing “Hot Mix” An Exploration of South Side Foodways

  Fall 2012, Chicago:   Eric May and E-Dogz Center for the Preservation and Advancement of Street Food Present:   Hot Mix: An Exploration of South Side Chicago Foodways   When asked where I am from I typically say “the South side”. This is not an entirely true statement, which I usually get called out […]
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8/9: Cooking Chapulines

Yesterday I experienced a culinary milestone, I successfully cooked bugs, grasshoppers to be exact. It was a true pleasure to collaborate with Andy Yang and his Insectology class at Ox-Bow, who collected about 60 grasshoppers over the course of their two week class with hopes that we might prepare something tasty. I’ve had experience eating […]
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One Hour Nap

I found myself in a precarious situation at Ox-Bow this summer. My job is the best- not only do I get paid to live in Shangri-La all summer, but we, the staff are provided with room and board AND a modest studio. Idyllic, right? Actually… after 12 entire summers here I have certain issues that […]
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Hors d’oeuvres & Cocktails in the Garden at Iceberg Projects: 5/20

Locality has become one of those culinary buzzwords. A shift towards an appreciation and stewardship towards the local production of food can not be a bad thing, supporting local economies and connecting us closer to the sources of our food. Yet this preoccupation can become fetishistic, evidenced in a popular skit on the sketch comedy […]
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E-Dogz goes Invasivore with Co-op at the Feast Symposium: 5/5

On May 5th Mike Bancroft of Co-op Image and Co-op Sauce and I served a menu of street snacks prepared with Midwestern invasive species. Mike had visited my “You Art What You Eat” class at SAIC earlier in the spring and though I’ve been a longtime fan of his work as a educator and hot […]
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Announcing: Cocktail Party at Iceberg Projects

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