Author Archives: EMAY

Miah 1/13

Last meal request: Ribs, creamed spinach, squash
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Alex 1/12

Last meal request: Ham, risotto, cheesecake.
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Last Meal

I have never had resolved feelings about the Death Penalty. The execution of innocent people due to flaws in our justice system is clealry abhorrent. And I’m not sure that punishing violence with violence is a very contemporary approach to justice. Though, sometimes I’ll hear the stories of some of these criminals and feel a […]
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Top 10 2011

I feel like I have definitely put in my lion’s share of food writing this year, as evidenced in the pages of this blog. Add several dozen posts on LTHForum.com (my handle is Jefe: my other top ten food list can be found here) as well as my column on foraging for Thelocalbeet.com. Oh and […]
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A Real Mutha For You

The Mother-in-Law is a South Side tradition offered at select hot dog stands. At its most basic it consists of a corn roll tamale smothered in a meat-based chilli sauce. This is the version that I grew up with, though at my local beef place, Pop’s, it was called a “tamale boat”. I learned of […]
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E-Dogz @ Afterimage

I have been invited to run E-Dogz during the opening of an exhibition entitled Afterimage on Sept. 7th, 2012 at the new DePaul Art Museum. My friends Dahlia Tulett and Thea Liberty Nichols are the curators of the show which features a roster of (mostly) young painters (mostly) from the Chicago area that carry on […]
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2011 in Food in Pictures

Char Siu, Ox-Bow
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E-Dogz @ MDW

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International Hotdog Forum

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10/8: The Menu

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