Author Archives: EMAY

3/1: Piranha Club on 2 CHAINZ #MEALTIME

  2 CHAINZ DOESN’T WRITE DOWN HIS MUSIC, IT FLOWS NATURALLY FROM HIS MIND. FOLLOW 2 CHAINZ, AND FEEL FREE TO FREESTYLE YOUR COOKING UNTIL YOU (AND WHOEVER’S EATING ALONGSIDE YOU) ENJOY IT. March 1st, 7 PM @ Roots & Culture 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. The Piranha Club cooks recipes from 2 Chainz’ #MEALTIME cookbook. Special […]
Posted in Piranha Club | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

No Thought For Food: The Installation

Posted in Projects 2014, Signage | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

No Thought For Food: The Reviews

For our “No Thought For Food” project, Alberto Aguilar and I set out to review every menu item on Food For Thought’s menu at their School of the Art Institute Sharp Building food service facility. I’d say we got through a good 3/4 of the menu. These are the results of our taste testing, transcribed from […]
Posted in Food Writing, Projects 2014 | Tagged , | 1 Comment

No Thought For Food

My friends at the School of the Art Institute’s Student Union Galleries (SUGS) approached me about participating in a one night event/happening called “Party” in celebration of their 20th anniversary. Coincidentally it’s about the 20th anniversary of my affiliation with the School– enrolling in my first Early College Program class in my junior year of […]
Posted in Food Writing, Projects 2014, Signage | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Top 10 2013

Sometimes I wonder if I have a problem, I never, I mean never, stop thinking about food. I asked Jessica if she thinks about photography nonstop and she replied “not the same way you think about food constantly”. I know I’ve got a big freakin appetite.  It seems as though I ate a million things […]
Posted in Food Writing | Tagged | 1 Comment

2013 in Food in Pictures

                                                                                                              […]
Posted in Food shots | Leave a comment

Piranha in the Stew

Oh man, this ruled. My third collabo with Mike Bancroft, but first with both he and Anne Kostroski of Crumb Bread fame at their totally kick ass Sauce & Bread Kitchen space. Since 2009, they have run Stew Supper Club, a kindred spirit of Piranha Club, a monthly themed dinner party with inventive ambitions. We […]
Posted in Piranha Club | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

12/10: Piranha in the Stew

Tuesday December 10th, 7-10PM   At Sauce & Bread Kitchen 6338 N Clark       $45 tickets HERE   It’s about time! Piranha Club + The Stew Supper Club, Chicago’s two premier artist-run underground dinner parties are finally joining forces to throw down a Feast of the Seven Fishes, a Stew holiday tradition. This year […]
Posted in Piranha Club | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A Piranha Club Tribute to Sonny’s

Thanks to all who came out on Saturday to the Sonny’s Tribute! So great to see faces old and new and recount anecdotes about our beloved SAIC café. I was fortunate enough to meet with Sonny beforehand but unfortunately he could not come to the event and taste whether or not I did his classic dishes […]
Posted in Piranha Club | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

A Piranha Club Tribute to Sonny’s 11/9

  Sonny’s was a cafeteria owned and run by Rangsan “Sonny” Rattanavichit, which he opened on the second floor of the Columbus Drive building at the School of the Art Institute in 1989. Sonny’s prepared from-scratch, affordable, and diverse food that included on-the-go American grub like burgers, breakfast sandwiches, and cheap coffee as well as […]
Posted in Piranha Club | Tagged , , | 1 Comment