Author Archives: EMAY

Eric’s Germany Kitchen presents: Gestanken Lunchen

I was graciously invited to ACRE artist residency in Steuben, Wisconsin as a visiting artist this summer. I was asked to run some sort of programming and they offered me use of their amazing kitchen. Having grown up and identifying as a (summertime) Michigan boy, the state of Wisconsin has always held somewhat of an […]
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July 4th, 2015: Cheese Your Face

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The Piranha Club Presents: Cheese Your Face: 7/4

  Saturday, July 4th. 1-4 PM @ Roots & Culture, 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Before I developed a taste for Jerry’s endless meandering riffs, Bobby’s good old boy (not always in tune) harmonizing, and Phil’s psych theatrics, I was drawn to the idea of the parking lot. An unregulated open air market, where concert venues […]
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The World’s Largest ~Artisanal~ Jim Shoe

Frequent readers of this blog will recognize my fixation with the Jim Shoe sandwich. This sandwich could be described as a culinary abomination, a wrong idea in most every sense, a prank that could have been concocted by any number of ~stoned~ caloric thrill seekers, not too far astray from the street food fantasies of its […]
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I’m From Ox-Bow

Photo c/o Skip Ballou I’m from Ox-Bow. I’ve been saying this a lot lately. I’m okay with some bugs in the house, spiders, a welcome visitor. That hole in the screen? It can wait a few weeks. The old, the rotting– familiar and comforting. Just give it a fly paint job.   Jessica & I […]
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Piranha Club: Xaymaca/Queens

  Wow, where to begin? The NY debut of the Piranha Club was fittingly, the most intense dinner we’ve ever done. Our trip up the Hudson to procure beaver meat is most likely the best entry point into this story… I’m a big fan of of Baron Ambrosia, the self-styled “Quaffer of Culinary Consciousness” and “Culinary […]
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The Piranha Club ~with Paul Anthony Smith~ presents: Xaymaca/ Queens

Saturday March 28th   At Knockdown Center 52-19 Flushing Ave, Queens, New York 11378     Tickets on sale February 28th. BUY TICKETS HERE     On March 28th, Chef Eric will team up with artist Paul Anthony Smith, who is a tremendous cook and intrepid eater. The duo have been challenging each other to a […]
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#ontheside: An Internet Essay on the Relocation of Honey 1 BBQ, Internet Food Culture, & The Fucked Up Stereotypes of Chicago’s Segregated Neighborhoods

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Top 10 2014

Truth be told, I eat a lot of chicken salads. How else do you think I keep my girlish figure after those all day food tours of far flung neighborhoods eating Jim Shoe after Jim Shoe? That’s the thing about year end lists, they tend to focus on the thrills rather than the day-to-day. I […]
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2014 in Food in Pictures

    For those that follow me on Instagram, many of these pics will look familiar. I do love IG. However, its really changing the way I shoot food, for better or worse. Primarily, the issue is composition, the square format. Typically, I shoot with my iPhone’s camera and then edit in IG, which results […]
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