Tag Archives: Chicago foods

The World’s Largest ~Artisanal~ Jim Shoe

By EMAY | Published: June 16, 2015
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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Ericʼs On-The-Cheap Eats Guide to Chicago

By EMAY | Published: October 15, 2013
  Many folks don’t know that I keep this regularly updated guide to cheap eats in the Chi. I’ve been asked for it a bunch lately, so here it is to share. Check back every few months for an updated version. UPDATED 11/13/14 Download HERE  
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2012 in Food in Pictures

By EMAY | Published: December 13, 2012
           
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Hot Mix 9/26-10/14

By EMAY | Published: October 23, 2012
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

By EMAY | Published: October 23, 2012
Install shot in the Hyde Park Art Center
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9/14: E-Dogz @ Afterimage

By EMAY | Published: October 3, 2012
A Real Mutha For Ya!
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Announcing “Hot Mix” An Exploration of South Side Foodways

By EMAY | Published: September 10, 2012
  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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A Real Mutha For You

By EMAY | Published: December 26, 2011
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

By EMAY | Published: December 26, 2011
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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